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Years: 1572 1573 1574 - 1575 - 1576 1577 1578
Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

August 5 - Henry Sidney is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
October 10 - Battle of Dormans: Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.
The Fifth War of Religion erupts in France.
Stephen BÃÂ¡thory becomes king of Poland.
Edmund Grindal succeeds Matthew Parker as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Francisco De Obando Y Mexia becomes Governor of Puerto Rico.
William I of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon.
Portugal founds the city of Luanda in Angola.
William I of Orange founds the University of Leiden.
Queen Elizabeth I of England grants a monopoly on producing printed sheet music to Thomas Tallis and William Byrd.
Abraham Ortelius becomes geographer to Philip II of Spain.

Births

May 30 - Diego Salcedo, Spanish bishop (d. 1644)
Edmund Bolton, English historian, poet
James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn (approximate) (d. 1618)
Thomas Heywood, English dramatist, author (approximate)
Guido Reni, painter
Arbella Stuart, Duchess of Somerset (d. 1615)
Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford (d. 1632)

Deaths

February 21 - Claude, son of Henry II of France
March 11 - Matthias Flacius, Lutheran reformer
March 24 - Yosef Karo, Jewish jurist
May 17 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury
September 17 - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer
Constantio Varoli, Italian anatomist
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran