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Events
- January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke Of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi Plot to restore Catholicism in England .
- April 1 - The Sea Beggars , Netherlandish Calvinist rebels, capture the port city of Brielle . This leads to a wave of uprisings in Holland and Zealand, leaving most of those provinces (with the exception of Amsterdam ), under rebel control.
- June 25 - The Sea Beggars capture the city Gorkum . Several Roman Catholic priests are put into a prison.
- July 9 - The Sea Beggars hang 19 previously imprisoned Roman Catholic priests at Brielle .
- August 18 - Wedding in Paris of the Huguenot King Henry III Of Navarre with Marguerite De France , sister of King Charles, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
- August 24 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris . Catholics in Paris murder thousands of Protestants, including Gaspard De Coligny , at the order of King Charles IX . Henry of Navarre and the Prince of Condé barely escape the same fate. This brings about the Fourth War Of Religion in France.
- November 9 - Siege Of Sancerre Catholic forces of the king lay siege to Sancerre , a Huguenot stronghold in central France. The fortified city held out for nearly eight months without bombard artillery. It was one of the last time slings were used in European history.
- December - The Duke Of Alva , Spanish commander in the Netherlands , lays Siege To Haarlem .
- Ending of the Muromachi Period in Japan
- Tycho Brahe observes the Supernova SN 1572 in Cassiopeia
- Vilcabamba , last independent remnant of the Inca Empire , conquered by Spanish
Births
- February 27 - Francis II, Duke Of Lorraine (died 1632 )
- April 14 - Adam Tanner , Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1632 )
- June 11 - Ben Jonson , English dramatist (died 1637 )
- December 31 - Emperor Go-Yozei Of Japan (died 1617 )
- Francis Van Aarssens (died 1641 )
- Sigismund Bathory , Prince of Transylvania and of the Holy Roman Empire (died 1613 )
- Johann Bayer , German astronomer (died 1625 )
- Alfonso De La Cueva, Marqués De Bedmar , Spanish diplomat (died 1655 )
- Arend Dickmann , Dutch admiral in the Polish Navy (died 1627 )
- John Donne , English writer and prelate (died 1631 )
- John Floyd , English Jesuit (died 1649 )
- Bartholomew Gosnold , English lawyer and explorer (died 1607 )
- Cyril Lucaris , Greek prelate and theologian (died 1637 )
- James Mabbe , English scholar and poet (died 1642 )
- Johann Sigismund , Duke of Prussia (died 1619 )
- Thomas Tomkins , English composer (died 1656 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- February 23 - Pierre Certon , French composer
- February 28 - Aegidius Tschudi , Swiss historian (b. 1505 )
- March 2 - Mem De Sá , Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
- March 10 - William Paulet, 1st Marquess Of Winchester
- March 27 - Girolamo Maggi , Italian Renaissance Man
- May 1 - Pope Pius V (born 1504 )
- June 9 - Jeanne D'Albret , Queen of Navarre (born 1528 )
- August 5 - Isaac Luria , Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534 )
- August 24 - Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:
- --- Gaspard De Coligny , French protestant leader (born 1519 )
- --- Pierre De La Ramée , French humanist scholar (born 1515 )
- --- Charles De Téligny , French soldier and diplomat (born 1535 )
- August 27 - Claude Goudimel , French composer (killed) (born 1510 )
- September 24 - Tupac Amaru , last of the Incas
- October 24 - Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl Of Derby , English politician (born 1508 )
- November 23 - Agnolo Di Cosimo , Italian artist and poet (b. 1503 )
- November 24 - John Knox , Scottish religious reformer (born 1513 )
- December 23 - Galeazzo Alessi , Italian architect (born 1512 )
- Francis Borgia , Italian Jesuit (born 1510 )
- François Clouet , French miniaturist
- Longqing Emperor of China
- Matthias Flacius , Lutheran reformer (born 1520 )
- Richard Grafton , English merchant
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl Of Arran (born 1516 )
- Moses Isserles , rabbi and Talmudist (born 1530 )
- Denis Lambin , French classical scholar (born 1520 )
- Miguel López De Legaspi , Spanish conquistador of the Philippines (born 1510 )
- John Erskine, 1st Earl Of Mar , regent of Scotland
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski , Polish scholar (born 1503 )
- Francisco De Moraes , Portuguese author and writer (born 1500 )
- Thomas Howard, 4th Duke Of Norfolk (born 1536 )
- King Sigismund II Of Poland (born 1520 )
- Christopher Tye , English composer and organist (born 1505 )
- Yasumi Naomasa , Japanese military commander
- Stanislaw Zamoyski , Polish nobleman (born 1519 )
''See also .''
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