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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
Category:1580
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