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Years:
1577 1578 1579 - 1580 - 1581 1582 1583
Decades:
1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s
Centuries:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

  • Michel de Montaigne publishes first Essay.
  • September 26 - Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe
  • 1580-1764 First session if Jewish Waad (Sejm of 4 countries) in Lublin, Poland. 70 delegates of Jewish local kahals met to discuss issue of taxations and other important for Jewish communities issues.
  • Portugal loses independence to Spain following the death without heirs of king Henry of Portugal. The Habsburg rule would last until 1640.
  • Births

  • April 18 - baptise of Thomas Middleton - English Elizabethan playwright
  • Willebrord van Roijen Snell, Dutch mathematician.
  • Frans Hals - Dutch painter, mainly of portraits.
  • John Smith of Jamestown
  • Deaths

  • Andrea Palladio
  • August 1 - Albrecht Giese IV
  • August 30 - Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy
  • November 3 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro
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