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Events
January 12 - The Netherlands adopts the Gregorian calendar
Beginning of the Eighth War of Religion in France (also known as the War of the Three Henrys)
August 8 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the North West Passage.
August 17 - Capture of Antwerp by Spanish forces under the Prince of Parma.
Chocolate introduced to Europe commercially
England enters the Eighty Years' War
Births
January 27 - Hendrick Avercamp - Dutch painter of winter scenes
March 16 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (d. 1618)
October 9 - Heinrich Schütz, composer
Uriel Acosta, Portuguese Jewish philosopher
Deaths
April 10 - Pope Gregory XIII
May 15 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese retainer, samurai, and daimyo
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