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| Years: 1579 1580 1581 - 1582 - 1583 1584 1585 | |
| Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland
- February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15, skipping over 10 days. Other countries follow at various later dates.
- November 28 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 year-old William Shakespeare and 26 year-old Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license (Shakespeare would later become one of the greatest playwrights in history).
- Tibet, Foundation of Kumbum
- China, Jesuit Matteo Ricci is allowed to enter China
- Incident at Honnoji in Kyoto, Japan
Births
- December 23 - Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663)
- Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (d. 1652)
- Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord
- William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1663)
Deaths
- June 21 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (daimyo) (b. 1534)
- October 15 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Carmelite nun and poet (b. 1515)
- Giocangga, chieftain of the Jurchens and grandfather of Nurhaci
- Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord
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