Explore 117 historical events from 1570–1579.
Don Miguel López de Legazpi, also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo, was a Spanish conquistador who financed and led an expedition to conquer the Philippine islands in the mid-16…
Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish navigator and politician, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (born 1502)
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy, KG was an English nobleman, politician and Roman Catholic rebel leader, who led the Rising of the North against Elizabeth…
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (born 1528)
Gaspard de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon, was a French nobleman, Admiral of France, and Huguenot leader during the French Wars of Religion. He served under kings Francis I and Hen…
Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (born 1519)
Charles de Téligny was a French soldier and diplomat.
Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (born 1535)
Petrus Ramus was a French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A prominent and controversial academic and professor in Paris' College De France, Ramus became famous for hi…
Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (born 1515)
Don Miguel López de Legazpi, also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo, was a Spanish and Basque conquistador who financed and led an expedition to conquer the Philippine islands in…
Miguel López de Legazpi conquers Manila for Spain, modern day capital of the Philippines
The encomienda was a 16th-century Spanish labour system that rewarded Spain's conquistadors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. In theory, the conquerors would prov…
La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines, is founded by the Spaniards as one of the…
The Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War, also known as the War of Cyprus, was fought between 1570 and 1573. It was waged between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, the latter j…
The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
Niwa Nagashige was a Japanese daimyō who served the Oda clan. Nagashige was the eldest son of Niwa Nagahide and married the 5th daughter of Oda Nobunaga. He took part in his first…
Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (died 1637)
Sir Thomas Mun was an English writer on economics and is often referred to as the last of the early mercantilists. Most notably, he is known for serving as the director of the East…
Thomas Mun, English writer on economics (died 1641)
Thomas Lupo was an English composer and viol player of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Along with Orlando Gibbons, John Coprario, and Alfonso Ferrabosco, he was one of the …
Thomas Lupo, English viol player and composer (died 1627)
Pierre Viret was a Swiss Reformed theologian, evangelist and Protestant reformer.
Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian and reformer (born 1511)
John Story was an English Roman Catholic martyr and Member of Parliament. Story escaped to Flanders in 1563, but seven years later he was lured aboard a boat in Antwerp and abducte…
John Story, English martyr (born 1504)
Shimazu Takahisa , a son of Shimazu Tadayoshi, was a daimyō during Japan's Sengoku period. He was the fifteenth head of the Shimazu clan.
Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese daimyō (born 1514)
Georg Fabricius was a Protestant German poet, historian and archaeologist who wrote in Latin during the German Renaissance.
Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (born 1516)
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor. Her eventful reign,…
Queen Elizabeth I issued a royal charter establishing Jesus College, the first Protestant college at the University of O
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
The Principality of Transylvania was a semi-independent state ruled by Hungarian princes. It existed as an Ottoman vassal state for the majority of the 16th and 17th centuries, ove…
The Principality of Transylvania is established after John II Zápolya renounces his claim as King of Hungary in the…
Salamone Rossi or Salomone Rossi was an Italian Jewish violinist and composer. He was a transitional figure between the late Italian Renaissance period and early Baroque.
Salamone Rossi, Italian violinist and composer (probable; (died 1630)
Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein, was an Austrian nobleman and cardinal, member of an ancient House of Dietrichstein, was the 1st Prince of Dietrichstein, Archbishop of Olomouc, Gove…
Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (died 1636)
Aonio Paleario or Aonius Palearius was an Italian Christian termed a reformer.
Aonio Paleario, Italian academic and reformer (born 1500)