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| Years: 1578 1579 1580 - 1581 - 1582 1583 1584 | |
| Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
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. They abjure loyalty to Philip II of Spain as their sovereign and become a Republic.
- Russia begins the conquest of Siberia
- Finland becomes a grand duchy.
Births
- January 4 - James Ussher, Anglo-Irish priest and scholar (d. 1656)
Deaths
- August 21 - Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)
- September 1 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (b. 1534)
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