Events

• March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold
• May 28 - Publication of the Bergen Book, better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings. The earlier version, known as the Torgau Book (1576), had been condensed into an Epitome; both documents are part of the 1580 Book of Concord.
• September 17 - Peace of Bergerac signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots
• The church in San Pedro in the Atacama Desert in Chile was built.

March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... Sir Martin Frobisher (c. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... (1577). ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... Events May 5 - Peace of Beaulieu or Peace of Monsieur (after Monsieur, the Duc dAnjou, brother of the King, who negotiated it). ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... The Book of Concord, or Concordia was first published on June 25, 1580, fifty years after the presentation of the Augsburg Confession to Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... Henry III (French: Henri III; Polish: Henryk III Walezy; September 19, 1551 – August 2, 1589) was King of Poland (1573-1574) and subsequently King of France (1574-1589). ... In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. ... The Atacama desert of Chile is a virtually rainless plateau made up of salt basins (salares), sand, and lava flows, extending from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean. ...

Births

• February 6 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman who conspired to kill her father (died 1599)
• February 8 - Robert Burton, English scholar (d. 1640)
• April 12 - King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (died 1648)
• June 12 - Paul Guldin, Swiss Jesuit mathematician (died 1643)
• June 28 - Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (died 1640)
• July 9 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English governor of Virginia (died 1618)
• October 17 - Cristofano Allori, Italian portrait painter (died 1621)
• November 25 - Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch naval officer (died 1629)
• Jacopo Cavedone, Italian painter (died 1660)
• Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (died 1644)
• William Noy, English jurist (died 1634)
• Barnaby Potter, Bishop of Carlisle (died 1642)
• Meletius Smotrytsky, Ruthenian religious activist and author. Very important for development of Church Slavonic grammar. (Died 1633)
• William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonial invester (died 1641)
• Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (died 1649)

February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Beatrice Cenci by Guido Reni. ... Events Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Robert Burton Robert Burton (February 8, 1577 - January 25, 1640) was an English scholar at Oxford University (Brasenose College), whose chief claim to fame is for writing The Anatomy of Melancholy. ... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... An image of Christian IV. Christian IV (1577–1648), king of Denmark and Norway, the son of Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway, and Sophia of Mecklenburg, was born at Frederiksborg castle in 1577, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father (April 4, 1588), attaining... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Paul Guldin (original name Habakkuk Guldin) (June 12, 1577 - November 3, 1643) was a mathematician and astronomer. ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... The Adoration of the Magii, painted 1624. ... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Thomas West, 3rd (or 12th) Baron De La Warr (July 9, 1577 - June 7, 1618), was the Englishman for whom the state, river, and American Indian tribe called Delaware (in the United States) were named. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1613) Oil on canvas, 139 x 116 cm. ... Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Piet Heyn, 1577-1629 Piet Pieterszoon Hein (also written as Heyn) (November 25, 1577 – June 18, 1629) was a Dutch naval officer and folk hero during the Eighty Years War between the Netherlands and Spain. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... -1... Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... Jan Baptist van Helmont. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... William Noy (1577 - August 9, 1634), was a noted English jurist. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement... Barnaby Potter (1577–1642) was a Church of England priest, Bishop of Carlisle from 1629 to 1642. ... Arms of the Bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... What is a letter?... from the first edition of Smotrytskys grammar Meletius Smotrytsky (Ukrainian: Мелетій Смотрицький; Belarusian: Мялецій Сматрыцкі; Russian: Мелетий Смотрицкий), né Maksym Herasymovytch (c. ... Ruthenian may refer to: Ruthenia, a name applied to various parts of Eastern Europe Ruthenians, the peoples of Ruthenia Ruthenian language, a name applied to several Slavic languages This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Church Slavonic language (ru: церковнославя́нский язы́к, tserkovnoslavyánskiy yazík) is the liturgical language of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Church and other Slavic Orthodox Churches. ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... William Vaughan (1575 – 1641) was a Welsh writer and colonial invester. ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... Gerhard Johann Vossius. ... // Events January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. ...

Deaths

• February 26 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
• June 11 - King John III of Portugal (born 1502)
• August 12 - Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (born 1513)
• September 7 - Maria of Portugal (born 1538)
• October 7 - George Gascoigne, English poet
• November 19 - Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (born 1510)
• November 29 - Cuthbert Mayne, English saint (born 1543)
• Richard Aertsz, Dutch painter (born 1482)
• Adam of Bodenstein, Swiss alchemist and physician (born 1528)
• Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc, Marshal of France (born 1502)
• Pedro Nunez, Portuguese mathematician and geographer (born 1492)