Explore 112 historical events from 1580–1589.
The Ostrog Bible was the first complete printed edition of the Bible in Church Slavonic, published in Ostrog in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by the printer Ivan Fyodorov in 1…
The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
The War of the Portuguese Succession, a result of the impending extinction of the Portuguese royal line after the Battle of Alcácer Quibir and the ensuing Portuguese succession cri…
War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.
Thomas Middleton was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. He, with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson, was among the most successful and prolific of playwrights at work in the Jacobe…
Thomas Middleton, English Jacobean playwright and poet (died 1627)
Charles I Gonzaga was Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1627 until his death. He was also Charles III as Duke of Nevers and Rethel, as well as Prince of Arche and Charlevi…
Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble (died 1637)
Fadrique de Toledo Osorio, 1st Marquess of Valdueza, was a Spanish Navy officer and nobleman. He was a Knight of the Order of Santiago and became Captain General of the Spanish Nav…
Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza (died 1634)
Daniel Heinsius was one of the most famous scholars of the Dutch Renaissance.
Daniel Heinsius, Belgian poet and scholar (died 1655)
Adriaen or Adriaan van Stalbemt or Adriaen van Stalbempt was a Flemish painter and printmaker who is known for his landscapes with religious, mythological and allegorical scenes. H…
Adriaen van Stalbemt, Flemish painter (died 1662)
Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snell, commonly known simply as Snellius and Snell, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1626)
Carlo Contarini was the 100th Doge of Venice from 27 March 1655 until his death in 1656.
Carlo Contarini, doge of Venice (died 1656)
Johann Stobäus was a composer and lutenist.
Johann Stobäus, German lute player and composer (died 1646)
Francesco Mochi was an Italian early-Baroque sculptor active mostly in Rome, Piacenza and Orvieto. His dramatic early works in Orvieto are now often regarded as the first truly Bar…
Francesco Mochi, Italian sculptor (died 1654)
Albrecht Giese was a councilman and diplomat of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk). He was a member of the Hanseatic League, and part of an important merchant family who had offices in Lo…
Albrecht Giese, Polish-German politician and diplomat (born 1524)
Metrophanes III of Constantinople was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople two times, from 1565 to 1572 and from 1579 to 1580.
Metrophanes III of Constantinople (born 1520)
D. Jerónimo Osório da Fonseca was a Portuguese Roman Catholic humanist bishop, historian and polemicist. An extensive notice of his life and thought (Vita) was written by his nephe…
Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (born 1506)
Luís Vaz de Camões, sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns, is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compare…
Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born 1524–25)
Andrea Palladio was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considere…
Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (born 1508)