1580
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| Decades: | 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s
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| Years: | 1577 1578 1579 - 1580 - 1581 1582 1583 |
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Year 1580 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1580
- March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.
- June 11 - Juan de Garay founds Buenos Aires.
- June 25 - The Book of Concord, a collection of Lutheran confessional documents, is published.
- July 12 - The Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published.
- August 25 - In the Battle of Alcântara, Spain, led by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, defeats Portugal.
- September 26 - Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe.
[edit] Undated
- 1580-1764: First session of Jewish Waad (Sejm of 4 countries) in Lublin, Poland. 70 delegates of Jewish local kahals met to discuss taxations and other issues important to Jewish communities.
- Portugal loses independence to Spain following the death without heirs of king Henry of Portugal. The Habsburg rule would last until 1640.
- Yermak entered Siberia with a band of 1636 men. Russia begins the conquest of Siberia.
- Jesuit missionaries arrive at the court of Akbar, Ruler of the Moghul Empire. [1]
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1580 MDLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2333 |
| Armenian calendar | 1029 ԹՎ ՌԻԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -264 – -263 |
| Berber calendar | 2530 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2124 |
| Burmese calendar | 942 |
| Chinese calendar | 4216/4276-12-15 (己卯年十二月十五日) — to — 4217/4277-11-25(庚辰年十一月廿五日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1296 – 1297 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1572 – 1573 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5340 – 5341 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1635 – 1636 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1502 – 1503 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4681 – 4682 |
| Holocene calendar | 11580 |
| Iranian calendar | 958 – 959 |
| Islamic calendar | 987 – 988 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 8 (天正8年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2240 (皇紀2240年) |
| Julian calendar | 1625 |
| Korean calendar | 3913 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2123 |
- February - John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, English diplomat (died 1653)
- April 15 - George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician and colonizer (died 1623)
- April 18 - (baptism) Thomas Middleton, English playwright (died 1627)
- April 24 - Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (died 1660)
- June 6 - Godefroy Wendelin, Belgian astronomer (died 1667)
- June 9 - Daniel Heinsius, Dutch scholar (died 1655)
- August 24 - John Taylor, English poet (died 1654)
- September 15 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (died 1659)
- September 17 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (died 1645)
- December 1 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (died 1637)
- December 4 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (died 1626)
- date unknown
- Philip Cluwer, German geographer and historian (died 1623)
- Dirk Hartog, Dutch ship's captain and explorer (died 1621)
- John Smith of Jamestown, Virginia settler (died 1631)
- Robert Killigrew, knight of Arwenack in Falmouth (died 1633)
- Willebrord Snellius, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1626)
- Raphael Sobiehrd-Mnishovsky, Bohemian lawyer and writer (died 1644)
- Pierre Vernier, French mathematician and instrument inventor (died 1637)
- Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish nobleman (died 1627)
- probable
- Edward Fairfax, English translator (died 1635)
- Frans Hals, Dutch painter (died 1666)
- Zacharias Janssen, Dutch spectacle-maker (died 1638)
- Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (died 1661)
- Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise, French Huguenot leader (died 1642)
- See also Category: 1580 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 18 - Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (born 1517)
- January 31 - King Henry of Portugal (born 1512)
- February 2 - Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558)
- February 28 - Krystyna Radziwiłł, Polish noblewoman (born 1560)
- June 10 - Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born c1524)
- July 9 - Zofia Odrowąż, Polish noblewoman (born 1540)
- August 1 - Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (born 1524)
- August 19 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (born 1508)
- August 20 - Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)
- August 30 - Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (born 1528)
- November 3 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (born 1512)
- November 30 - Richard Farrant, English composer (born 1530)
- December 1 - Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b. 1509)
- date unknown
- Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1511)
- Giovanni Filippo Ingrassias, Italian anatomist (born 1545)
- Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, Scottish chronicler (born c1532)
- Matsudaira Shigeyoshi, Japanese general (born 1493)
- Ruy López de Segura, Spanish priest and writer on chess (born 1530)
- Inés de Suárez, Spanish conquistadora (born 1507)
- Thomas Tusser, English poet and farmer (born 1524)
- probable
- John Heywood, English dramatist (born 1497)
- See also Category: 1580 deaths.
[edit] References
- ^ Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.
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