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January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland
February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15, skipping over 10 days. Other countries follow at various later dates.
November 28 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 year-old William Shakespeare and 26 year-old Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license (Shakespeare would later become one of the greatest playwrights in history).
Tibet, Foundation of Kumbum
China, Jesuit Matteo Ricci is allowed to enter China
Incident of Honnoji in Kyoto, Japan
Births
December 23 - Severo Bonini, composer (+ 1663)
Gregorio Allegri, composer (+ 1652)
Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord
Deaths
June 21 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (daimyo) (b. 1534)
October 15 - Saint Teresa of Avila
Giocangga, chieftain of the Jurchens and grandfather of Nurhaci.
Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord
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