Explore 175 historical events from 1580–1589.
Guru Ram Das, sometimes spelled as Guru Ramdas, was the fourth of the ten Sikh gurus. He was born to a family based in Lahore. His birth name was Jetha, and he was orphaned at age …
Guru Ram Das, Sikh 4th of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism (born 1534)
Peter Niers was an alleged German serial killer and bandit who was executed on 16 September 1581 in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, some 40 km from Nuremberg. Based on confessions extra…
Peter Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)
Hubert Languet was a French diplomat and reformer. The leading idea of his diplomacy was that of religious and civil liberty for the protection and expansion of Protestantism. He d…
Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (born 1518)
Louis Bertrand, OP was a Spanish Dominican friar who preached in South America during the 16th century, and is known as the "Apostle to the Americas". He is venerated as a saint by…
Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1526)
Bayinnaung Kyawhtin Nawrahta was King of Burma from 30 April 1550 until his death in 1581, during the Toungoo dynasty. His reign is considered one of the most momentous in Burmese …
Bayinnaung, Burmese king (born 1516)
Michael Neander was a German teacher, mathematician, medical academic, and astronomer.
Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1529)
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.
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 finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England.
The Kingdom of Ireland was a dependency of England from 1542 to 1707, and then of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800. It was ruled by the monarchs of England and then of Great Britain…
Over 600 Papal troops land in Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.
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)
The Honourable George Percy was an English explorer, writer, and early Colonial Governor of Virginia.
George Percy, English explorer (died 1632)
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago, was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival L…
Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)
Charles Annibal Fabrot was a French jurisconsult.
Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer and author (died 1659)
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)
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)