Events

• March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.
• June 25 - Publication of the Book of Concord, a collection of Lutheran confessional documents.
• September 26 - Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe
• 1580-1764 First session of Jewish Waad (Sejm of 4 countries) in Lublin, Poland. 70 delegates of Jewish local kahals met to discuss issue of taxations and other important for Jewish communities issues.
• Portugal loses independence to Spain following the death without heirs of king Henry of Portugal. The Habsburg rule would last until 1640.
• Yermak entered Siberia with a band of 1636 men. Russia begins the conquest of Siberia.

March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Michel de Montaigne Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592) was an influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay. ... Essay, a short work that treats of a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 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. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... Sir Francis Drake, c. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Vaad, also transliterated as Waad, is a Hebrew term for a council of rabbis. ... This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ... Lublin (pronounce: [lublin]) is the biggest city in eastern Poland and the capital of Lublin Voivodship with a population of 355,954 (2004). ... Henry, the cardinal-king or Henrique (in Portuguese) the Chaste (Port. ... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... Yermak Timofeyevich (Russian: Ерма́к Тимофе́евич, also Ermak) (born between 1532 and 1542 — August 5 or 6, 1585), Cossack leader and explorer of Siberia. ... Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ...

Births

• April 15 - George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician and colonizer
• April 18 - (baptism) Thomas Middleton, English playwright. (died 1627)
• April 24 - Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (died 1660)
• June 6 - Godefroy Wendelin, Belgian astronomer (died 1667)
• June 9 - Daniel Heinsius, Dutch scholar (died 1655)
• August 24 - John Taylor, English poet (died 1654)
• September 15 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (died 1659)
• September 17 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (died 1645)
• December 1 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (died 1637)
• December 4 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (died 1626)
• George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician and coloniser (died 1632)
• John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, English diplomatist (died 1653)
• George Calvert, English secretary of state (died 1632)
• Philip Cluwer, German geographer and historian (died 1623)
• Edward Fairfax, English translator (died 1635)
• Frans Hals, Dutch painter (died 1666)
• Dirk Hartog, Dutch ship's captain and explorer (died 1621)
• John Smith of Jamestown, Virginia settler (died 1631)
• Zacharias Janssen, Dutch spectacle-maker (died 1638)
• Robert Killigrew, knight of Arwenack in Falmouth (died 1633)
• Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (died 1661)
• Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1626)
• Willebrord van Roijen Snell, Dutch mathematician (died 1626)
• Raphael Sobiehrd-Mnishovsky, Bohemian lawyer and writer (died 1644)
• Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise, French Huguenot leader (died 1642)
• Pierre Vernier, French mathematician and instrument inventor (died 1637)
• Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish nobleman (died 1627)

April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (1580-1632) was an English politician and coloniser. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... Thomas Middleton (baptized April 18, 1580, died 1627) was an English Elizabethan playwright and poet. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... Saint Vincent de Paul (April 24, 1580 – September 27, 1660) was born at Pouy, Landes, Gascony, France to a peasant family. ... Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... Godefroy Wendelin (June 6, 1580 – 1667) or Vendelin was a Belgian astronomer. ... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Daniel Heinsius (or Heins) ( June 9, 1580 - February 25, 1655), one of the most famous scholars of the Dutch Renaissance, was born at Ghent. ... Events New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... For others by this name, see John Taylor. ... Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Charles Annibal Fabrot (September 15, 1580 _ January 16, 1659), was a French jurisconsult. ... // Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas (born September 17, 1580 - September 8, 1645) was a Spanish writer during the siglo de oro. ... // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (December 1, 1580 – June 24, 1637) was a French astronomer and savant who maintained a wide correspondence with scientists and was a successful organizer of scientific inquiry, whose own researches were not confined to the matter of determining the difference in longitude of various locations... Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Samuel Argall (1572? - 1626?) was an English adventurer and naval officer. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (1580-1632) was an English politician and coloniser. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol (1580-1653), was an English diplomatist, son of Sir George Digby of Coleshill, Warwickshire, and of Abigail, daughter of Sir Arthur Henningham. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... George Calvert was born in Kipling, Yorkshire, in 1580. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... Philip Cluwer (Cluver, Cluvier or Cluverius) (1580 - 1623), German geographer and historian, was born at Danzig. ... Events August 6 - Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. ... Edward Fairfax (1580? - 1635) was a translator, the natural son of Sir Thomas Fairfax and thus a half-brother of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron. ... Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ... Laughing Cavalier, 1624, canvas, relined, (H) 83cm x (W) 67cm, Wallace Collection, London. ... Events September 2 - Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in London in the house of Charles IIs baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. ... Dirk Hartog (1580—1621), the 17th Century Dutch sea captain and explorer, whose expedition was the second European group to land on Australian soil. ... Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ... Captain John Smith John Smith (1580-1631) was an English soldier and sailor, now chiefly remembered for his role in establishing the first permanent English colony in North America, and his brief association with the Native American princess Pocahontas. ... // Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ... Zacharias Janssen (1580-1638) (flourished c. ... Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ... Robert Killigrew (1580-1633) was a knight of Arwenack in Falmouth, Cornwall. ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Lord Balgonie, (appr. ... Events January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. ... Willebrord Snell. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Willebrord Snell. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Raphael Sobiehrd-Mnishovsky of Sebuzin and of Horstein (1580 – 1644) was a Bohemian lawyer and writer, who held various secretarial, diplomatic, and judicial posts under Rudolf II, Mathias, Ferdinand II, and, Ferdinand III. Mnishovsky was also a cryptographer, and is associated with the mystery of the Voynich manuscript. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... Benjamin de Rohan, duc de Soubise (? 1580 - French Huguenot leader. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Pierre Vernier (1580 - 1637) was a French mathematician and instrument inventor. ... Events February 3 - Tulipmania collapses in Netherlands by government order February 15 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor December 17 - Shimabara Rebellion erupts in Japan Pierre de Fermat makes a marginal claim to have proof of what would become known as Fermats last theorem. ... Noble Family Zbaraski Coat of Arms Korybut Parents Janusz Zbaraski Anna Czetwertyńska Consorts  ?. likely none Children  ?, likely none Date of Birth 1580 Place of Birth  ? Date of Death March 3, 1627 Place of Death  ? Krzysztof Zbaraski (1580 - 6 March 1627, sometimes mistakenly written as Krzysztof Zbarski) was a Polish member... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ...

Deaths

• January 31 - King Henry of Portugal (born 1512)
• February 2 - Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558)
• April 1 - Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer and vihuelist (born 1510)
• June 10 - Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet
• August 1 - Albrecht Giese IV, German politician and diplomat (born 1524)
• August 19 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (born 1508)
• August 20 - Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)
• August 30 - Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (born 1528)
• November 3 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (born 1512)
• November 30 - Richard Farrant, English composer (born 1530)
• December 1 - Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b. 1509)
• Cristobal Acosta, Portuguese doctor and natural historian (born 1515)
• Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1511)
• John Heywood, English dramatist (born 1497)
• Giovanni Filippo Ingrassias, Italian anatomist (born 1545)
• Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, Scottish chronicler
• Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese nobleman
• Zofia Odrowaz, Polish noblewoman (born 1540)
• Krystyna Radziwill, Polish noblewoman (born 1560)
• Antonio Scandello, Italian composer
• Ruy López de Segura, Spanish priest and writer on chess (born 1530)
• Inés Suárez, Spanish conquistadora (born 1507)
• Thomas Tusser, English poet and farmer (born 1524)