Explore 175 historical events from 1570–1579.
Ferdinand II was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Ba…
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1637)
Francesco Albani or Albano was an Italian Baroque painter of Albanian descent who was active in Bologna, Rome, Viterbo (1609–1610), Mantua (1621–1622) and Florence (1633). He was a…
Francesco Albani, Italian painter (died 1660)
Prince Johann of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1606 to 1623. He was elevated to the rank of prince in 1623 and so was Prince of Ho…
Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (died 1638)
John Taylor was an English poet who dubbed himself "The Water Poet".
John Taylor, English poet and author (died 1653)
Vincenzo Maculani was an Italian Catholic Cardinal, inquisitor and military architect. He was known as a severe man, harsh and without compassion, who preferred the black cappa of …
Vincenzo Maculani, Catholic cardinal (died 1667)
John Prideaux was an English academic and Bishop of Worcester.
John Prideaux, English administrator and bishop (died 1650)
Frances Stewart (née Howard), Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, Countess of Hertford was the daughter of a younger son of the Duke of Norfolk. An orphan of small fortune, she rose to…
Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond (died 1639)
Nagao Kagetora , later known as Uesugi Kenshin , was a Japanese daimyō (magnate). He was born in Nagao clan, and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province in the S…
Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1530)
Thomas Doughty was an English nobleman, soldier, scholar and personal secretary of Christopher Hatton. His association with Francis Drake, on a 1577 voyage to raid Spanish treasure…
Thomas Doughty, English explorer
Sebastian was King of Portugal from 11 June 1557 to 4 August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz.
Sebastian of Portugal (born 1554)
Pedro Nunes was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian family.
Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and academic (born 1502)
John of Austria was the illegitimate son of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and a military leader in the service of the Spanish Empire under his half-brother, King Philip II of Spain…
John of Austria (born 1547)
The Treaty of Bergerac was signed at Bergerac on 14 September 1577 between Henry III of France and Huguenot princes, and later ratified by the Edict of Poitiers on 17 September. Th…
The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between King Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
Nur Jahan, born Mehr-un-Nissa, was the twentieth wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.
Nur Jahan, Empress consort of the Mughal Empire (died 1645)
Paul Guldin was a Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer. He discovered the Guldinus theorem to determine the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution. Guldin was noted f…
Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (died 1643)
Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions referen…
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter and diplomat (died 1640)
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr was an English colonial administrator for whom the bay, the river, and, consequently, a Native American people and U.S. state, all later called "D…
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English-American soldier and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (died 1618)
Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese was an Italian cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the art…
Scipione Borghese, Italian cardinal and art collector (died 1633)
Cristofano Allori was an Italian painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school, painting mostly portraits and religious subjects.
Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (died 1621)
Sir Thomas Smith was an English scholar, parliamentarian and diplomat.
Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (born 1513)
Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky was a Russian prince known for his military leadership during the Polish–Russian War from 1611 to 1612. Pozharsky formed the Second Volunteer Army wit…
Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (died 1642)
George Gascoigne was an English poet, soldier and unsuccessful courtier. He is considered the most important poet of the early Elizabethan era, following Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry…
George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (born 1535)
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about 85,133,000 square kilometers (32,870,000 sq mi). It covers approximately 17% o…
While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights…
Tycho Brahe, generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations which helped to turn astro…
The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.