Explore 175 historical events from 1580–1589.
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)
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)
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)
Emmanuel Philibert, known as Testa di ferro, was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 17 August 1553 until his death in 1580. He is notably remembered for restor…
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (born 1528)
Anna of Austria was Queen of Spain by marriage to her uncle, King Philip II of Spain. During her last days of life, she was also briefly Queen of Portugal.
Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (born 1549)
Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, suo jure 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary I …
Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (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…
English explorer Francis Drake's galleon the Golden Hind (replica pictured) sailed into Plymouth, completing his…