1579 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1579?
- January 6, 1579 – The Union of Arras is signed.
- January 23, 1579 – The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
- June 17, 1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
- July 8, 1579 – Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
Who Were Born In The Year 1579?
- July 13, 1579 – Arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651)
- August 1, 1579 – Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)
- August 18, 1579 – Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau, Roman Catholic nun (d. 1640)
- December 9, 1579 – Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)
- December 20, 1579 – (baptized) John Fletcher, English playwright (d. 1625)
Who Died In The Year 1579?
- February 20, 1579 – Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)
- June 25, 1579 – Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1541)
- June 30, 1579 – Mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary (b. 1506)
- August 5, 1579 – Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)
- November 15, 1579 – Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian religious reformer (b. 1510)
- November 21, 1579 – Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier
- December 21, 1579 – Vicente Masip, Spanish painter
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