1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1583 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s Years: 1550 1551 1552 1553 1554 1555 1556 1557 1558 1559 1560 Events and Trends Categories: 1550s ... Events and Trends In 1564 William Shakespeare was born. ... Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s Years: 1570 1571 1572 1573 1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 Significant Events and Trends Transition from the Muromachi to the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan Categories: 1570s ... Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s Years: 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590 Events and Trends The beginnings of the Golden Age of Literature in England Categories: 1580s ... Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s Years: 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599 Events and Trends Categories: 1590s ... Events and Trends November 5, 1605 - The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the British Parliament. ... Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s Years: 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 Events and Trends Start of the Golden Age of the Netherlands. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Here is a calendar for any leap year starting on Sunday (dominical letter AG). ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ... This is a calendar for any leap year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter ED) e. ... The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC, taking force in 45 BC or 709 ab urbe condita. ...

Events

• June 1 - With the death of the Duc d'Anjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France.
• July 5 - Maronite College established in Rome
• July 10 - William I of Orange assassinated
• Dates between October 5 - 14 ignored in the Gregorian Calendar
• The first translation of the complete Bible into Slovenian language: Bibilija, tu je vse svetu pismu stariga inu noviga testamenta, slovenski tolmačena skuzi Jurija Dalmatina (Wittenberg), i.e. The Bible, it is a Complete Holy Scripture of the Old and of the New Testament, Translated into Slovenian by Jurij Dalmatin.
• Archangelsk is founded in northern Russia.
• Feodor I succeeds his father Ivan IV as Tsar of Russia
• Latin Book of Concord published in Germany

June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. ... Henry IV (French: Henri IV) (December 13, 1553 – May 14, 1610), called the Great (French: le Grand), was the first of the Bourbon kings of France, reigning from 1589 until 1610. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... Maronites (Marunoye ܐܶܝܢܘܪܡ in Syriac, Mâruniyya مارونية in Arabic) are members of one of the Eastern Rites of the Catholic church. ... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... William I (William the Silent) William I, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau (April 24, 1533 – July 10, 1584) was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ... The holy Jewish scripture: The Torah. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Statue of Martin Luther in the main square Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a town in Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, at 12° 59 E, 51° 51 N, on the Elbe river. ... Jurij Dalmatin was a Slovene protestant priest, writer and translator. ... Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean The city of Arkhangelsk (Арха́нгельск, formerly in English Archangel) lies on the Northern Dvina River (Се́верная Двина́) near its exit into the White Sea in the far north of European Russia. ... Feodor presents a golden chain to Boris Godunov. ... Tsar Ioann IV the Terrible. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... 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. ...

Births

• January 29 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (died 1647)
• March 29 - Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English parliamentary general (died 1648)
• April 13 - Albert VI of Bavaria (died 1666)
• August 13 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (died 1640)
• December 16 - John Selden, English jurist (died 1654)
• William Baffin, English explorer (died 1622)
• Francis Beaumont, English dramatist (died 1616)
• Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (died 1629)
• Matthias Gallas, Austrian soldier (died 1647)
• John Hales, English theologian (died 1656)
• Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (died 1643)
• Mathieu Mole, French statesman (died 1656)
• Herman Wrangel, Swedish soldier and politician (died 1643)

January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Frederick Henry (January 29, 1584–March 14, 1647), Prince of Orange, the youngest child of William the Silent, was born at Delft about six months before his fathers assassination. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (29 March 1584 - 14 March 1648), English parliamentary general, was a son of Thomas Fairfax, whom Charles I in 1627 created Baron Fairfax of Cameron in the peerage of Scotland. ... // Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... Albert VI of Bavaria, (13 April 1584 - 5 July 1666), (German: Albrecht VI., der Leuchtenberger, Landgraf von Bayern-Leuchtenberg), son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata v. ... 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. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... Theophilus Howard, KG (August 13, 1584, Walden, Essex - June 3, 1640) was an English nobleman and politician. ... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... John Selden (December 16, 1584 - November 30, 1654) was an English jurist, legal antiquary and oriental scholar. ... Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... William Baffin (1584 – January 23, 1622) was an English navigator and discoverer. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... Francis Beaumont (1584 – 1616), was an English dramatist most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher. ... Events October 25 — Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at an island off the Western Australian coast Pocahontas arrives in England War between Venice and Austria Collegium Musicum founded in Prague Nicolaus Copernicus De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books... Antonio Cifra (1584–October 2, 1629) was an Italian composer of the Roman School of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... Matthias Gallas, count of Campo, duke of Lucera (1584-1647), Austrian soldier, first saw service in Flanders, and in Savoy with the Spaniards, and subsequently joined the forces of the Catholic League as captain. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... John Hales (1584 - 1656) was an English theologian. ... // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (1584 - July 25, 1643), second son of Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, was member of parliament for Nottingham in 1601, and was created Baron Pierrepont and Viscount Newark in 1627, being made earl of Kingston-upon-Hull in the following... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... Mathieu Molé (1584 - January 3, 1656) was a French statesman. ... // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... Herman Wrangel Herman Wrangel (1584 or 1587-1643) was a Swedish soldier and politician of Baltic German extraction. ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ...

Deaths

• March 10 - Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (born 1532)
• March 18 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (born 1530)
• May 18 - Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese military commander (born 1559)
• May 18 - Ikeda Tsuneoki, Japanese daimyo and military commander (born 1536)
• June 19 - François, Duke of Anjou (born 1555)
• July 10 - William I of Orange (assassinated) (born 1533)
• July 12 - Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)
• July 23 - John Day, English Protestant printer (born 1522)
• August 22 - Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (born 1530)
• November 4 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (born 1538)
• Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll, Scottish nobleman and politician (born 1541)
• Sir James Balfour, Scottish judge and politician
• Jan Borukowski, royal secretary of Poland (born 1524)
• Balthasar Gérard, French assassin of William I of Orange (born 1557)
• Yi I of Joseon, Korean Confucian scholar (born 1536)
• Mikolaj Rudy Radziwill, Polish magnate (born 1512)
• Carolus Sigonius, Italian humanist (born 1524)
• Francis Throckmorton, conspirator against Queen Elizabeth I of England (born 1554)
• Francisco de Toledo, third Count of Oropesa (born 1515)
• Michal Wisniowiecki, prince at Wiśniowiec (born 1529)