Explore 175 historical events from 1570–1579.
Giovanni Diodati or Deodati was a Genevan-born Italian Calvinist theologian and translator. His translation of the Bible into Italian from Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources …
Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (died 1649)
Maximilian I, occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he…
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (died 1651)
Pierre Viret was a Swiss Reformed theologian, evangelist and Protestant reformer.
Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian and reformer (born 1511)
Cartography is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways t…
Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas
Isabella Markham, was an English courtier, a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber of Queen Elizabeth I of England and a personal favourite of the queen. Isabella Markham was muse to t…
Isabella Markham, English courtier (born 1527)
Marie de' Medici was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV. Marie served as regent of France between 1610 and 1617 during the minority of her son Louis XI…
Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (died 1642)
Henry III of France was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589 and, as Henry of Valois, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575. Before he ca…
King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France
Wolfert Gerritse Van Couwenhoven, also known as Wolphert Gerretse van Kouwenhoven and Wolphert Gerretsen, was an original patentee, director of bouweries (farms), and founder of th…
Wolphert Gerretse, Dutch-American farmer, co-founded New Netherland (died 1662)
Princess Isabella Romola de' Medici, Duchess of Bracciano, was a Tuscan noblewoman, daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Eleanor of Toledo. Beautiful, …
Isabella de' Medici, Italian noble (born 1542)
Cosimo I de' Medici was the second and last duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first grand duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death. Cosimo I succeed…
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1519)
Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer and privateer best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. He is also know…
Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England
The Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory, also referred to as the Russo-Polish War of 1577–1582, took place in the final stage of the Livonian War, between 1577 and 1582. Polish–Li…
Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins
Wolfert Gerritse Van Couwenhoven, also known as Wolphert Gerretse van Kouwenhoven and Wolphert Gerretsen, was an original patentee, director of bouweries (farms), and founder of th…
Wolphert Gerretse, Dutch-American farmer, co-founded New Netherland (died 1662)
Tokugawa Hidetada was a Japanese samurai, daimyo and the second shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa …
Tokugawa Hidetada, Japanese shōgun (died 1632)
Arthur Dee was a physician and alchemist. He became a physician successively to Tsar Michael I of Russia and to King Charles I of England.
Arthur Dee, English physician and chemist (died 1651)
Luis Vélez de Guevara was a Spanish dramatist and novelist. He was born at Écija and was of Jewish converso descent. After graduating as a sizar at the University of Osuna in 1596,…
Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (died 1644)
Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau was a French abbess. She was the fourth daughter of William the Silent and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.
Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (died 1640)
Our Lady of Kazan, also called Mother of God of Kazan, is a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and p…
Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan,…
Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer and privateer best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. He is also know…
Francis Drake, the English explorer, discovers a "fair and good" bay on the coast of the Pacific Northwest (probably…
James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, un…
James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
Henri II de Rohan, Duke of Rohan and Prince of Léon, was a Breton-French soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots.
Henri, Duke of Rohan (died 1638)
Thomas Dempster was a Scottish scholar and historian. Born into the aristocracy in Aberdeenshire, which comprises regions of both the Scottish Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands, …
Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian (died 1625)
John Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp was the Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck and the Prince-Bishopric of Verden…
John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince-Bishop, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1634)
Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona was an Italian cardinal, statesman and historian.
Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal (died 1644)
Isabella Markham, was an English courtier, a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber of Queen Elizabeth I of England and a personal favourite of the queen. Isabella Markham was muse to t…
Isabella Markham, English courtier (born 1527)
Hatano Hideharu was the eldest son of Hatano Harumichi and the head of Hatano clan. He was a son of Harumichi, but for an unknown reason, he was adopted as a son by Hatano Motohid…
Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord (born 1541)
Stanislaus Hosius was a Polish Roman Catholic cardinal. From 1551 he was the Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Warmia in Royal Prussia, and from 1558, he served as the papal legate…
Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (born 1504)
A royal entry into Edinburgh marked the coming of age of King James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler on 19 October 1579. The 13-year-old king came to Edinburgh to begin his adult r…
A ceremony was held in Edinburgh marking the coming of age of James VI of Scotland as an adult ruler.
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha was an Ottoman statesman. He was most notable for being the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire. Born in Ottoman Herzegovina into an Orthodox Christian family, …
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1506)
Sir Francis Drake was an English explorer and privateer best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. He is also know…
Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England
The Battle of Alcácer Quibir was fought in northern Morocco, near the town of Ksar-el-Kebir and Larache, on 4 August 1578.
Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese but both the Moroccan king Abd al-Malik and the…
Henry III of France was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589 and, as Henry of Valois, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575. Before he ca…
King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France
Tegucigalpa —formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District, and colloquially referred to as Tegus, Teguz or Cerrocigalpa —is the capital and largest city of Honduras a…
Tegucigalpa, capital city of Honduras, is claimed by the Spaniards.
Sophie Axelsdatter Brahe was a Danish noblewoman and landowner. She is notable for being the first confirmed owner of Gunhild Cross. She was married to nobleman Holger Rosenkrantz,…
Sophie Axelsdatter Brahe, Danish noblewoman (died 1646)