1580

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1580 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1580
MDLXXX
Ab urbe condita2333
Armenian calendar1029
ԹՎ ՌԻԹ
Assyrian calendar6330
Balinese saka calendar1501–1502
Bengali calendar987
Berber calendar2530
English Regnal year22 Eliz. 1 – 23 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar2124
Burmese calendar942
Byzantine calendar7088–7089
Chinese calendar己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
4276 or 4216
    — to —
庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)
4277 or 4217
Coptic calendar1296–1297
Discordian calendar2746
Ethiopian calendar1572–1573
Hebrew calendar5340–5341
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1636–1637
 - Shaka Samvat1501–1502
 - Kali Yuga4680–4681
Holocene calendar11580
Igbo calendar580–581
Iranian calendar958–959
Islamic calendar987–988
Japanese calendarTenshō 8
(天正８年)
Javanese calendar1499–1500
Julian calendar1580
MDLXXX
Korean calendar3913
Minguo calendar332 before ROC
民前332年
Nanakshahi calendar112
Thai solar calendar2122–2123
Tibetan calendar阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
1706 or 1325 or 553
    — to —
阳金龙年
(male Iron-Dragon)
1707 or 1326 or 554
August 25: Battle of Alcântara

1580 (MDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1580th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 580th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1580s decade. As of the start of 1580, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events[]

June 25: The Book of Concord is published.


January–June[]

  • January 31 – Portuguese succession crisis of 1580: The death of Henry, King of Portugal, with no direct heirs, leads to conflict between his potential successors, including King Philip II of Spain and Infanta Catherine, Duchess of Braganza.[1]
  • March 1 – Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later this year.[2]
  • March 25 – Iberian Union: King Philip II of Spain becomes King of Portugal under the name Philip I, following the death without heirs of King Henry of Portugal, in a personal union of the crowns, thus maintaining Portuguese independence (in Europe and throughout the Portuguese Empire).[1] The Philippine Dynasty rule lasts until 1640.
  • April 6 – The Dover Straits earthquake occurs.[3]
  • May – The Lipizzan stud is established by Charles II, Archduke of Austria.
  • June – England signs a commercial treaty with the Ottoman Empire.[4]
  • June 11 – Juan de Garay founds Buenos Aires.
  • June 25 – The Book of Concord, a collection of Lutheran confessional documents, is published.

July–December[]

Date unknown[]

  • The Billy Mitchell volcano, on the island of Bougainville, undergoes a catastrophic eruption (VEI 6).
  • The first session of the Jewish Vaad (Council of Four Lands) is held in Lublin, Poland; 70 delegates of Jewish local qahals meet to discuss taxation, and other issues important to Jewish communities.
  • The Old City of Zamość is established in Poland, by Jan Zamoyski.
  • Jesuit missionaries arrive at the court of Akbar, ruler of the Mughal Empire.[8]
  • A group of English merchants gains the right to trade in Ottoman territory, in return for supplying the sultan with iron, steel, brass and tin for his war with Persia.
  • An influenza pandemic sweeps the world, starting in Asia and moving rapidly through Africa, Europe, and eventually the Americas. More than 10% of the population of Rome dies, and whole towns in Spain are depopulated.[9]


Births[]

Thomas Middleton
Francisco de Quevedo

Deaths[]

Henry, King of Portugal
Andrea Palladio
Anna of Austria

References[]

  1. ^ a b Dionysius Lardner, ed., The History of Spain and Portugal, vol. 5, part of the Cabinet Cyclopaedia. London: Longman, Rees, et al., 1832. See pages 208-209.
  2. ^ Michel de Montaigne (1887). Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Journey Into Italy, and Letters. Houghton, Mifflin. p. 471.
  3. ^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 160–162. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  4. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 230–233. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  5. ^ Joze Krasovec (October 1, 1999). The Interpretation of the Bible: The International Symposium in Slovenia. A&C Black. p. 676. ISBN 978-0-567-34563-9.
  6. ^ Portuguese Studies Review. Baywolf Press. 2005. p. 71.
  7. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  8. ^ Roberts, J. (1994). History of the World. Penguin.
  9. ^ Beveridge, W.I.B. (1991). "The Chronicle of Influenza Epidemics". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 13 (2): 223–234. JSTOR 23331022. PMID 1724803.
  10. ^ Michelle O'Callaghan (March 7, 2009). Thomas Middleton, Renaissance Dramatist. Edinburgh University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7486-3169-8.
  11. ^ Myrtle Byram McGraw (1941). The Child in Painting. Greystone Press. p. 12.
  12. ^ Dauril Alden (1996). The Making of an Enterprise: The Society of Jesus in Portugal, Its Empire, and Beyond, 1540-1750. Stanford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8047-2271-1.
  13. ^ Luís de Camões (1966). The Lusiads of Luiz de Camões. Hispanic Society of America. p. xxix.
  14. ^ Dissertation Abstracts International: The humanities and social sciences. A. University Microfilms. 1978. p. 2628.
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