1578

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Year 1578 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1578

January 31 - Battle of Gembloux: Spanish forces under Don John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch. Alexander Farnese begins to recover control of the French-speaking Southern Netherlands.
April 27 - Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favorites of Henry III of France and two favourites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
May 31 - Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.

August 4 - Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir - The Moors defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian I of Portugal is defeated and killed in North Africa, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
October 1 - Alessandro Farnese succeeds Don John as Spanish Governor-General of the Netherlands.

Undated

Martin Frobisher held the first celebration of Thanksgiving by Europeans in North America at Newfoundland by the Frobisher Expedition.
Tibet - Sonam Gyrso receives from prince Atlan Khan the title of "Talaï" and becomes the third Dalai Lama.
Battle of Wenden: The Russians are defeated by the Swedes, who proceed to take Polotsk.
The Ottoman Empire conquers Abkhazia.
Sixth and so far the last outbreak of the sweating sickness in England.
Emperor Sarsa Dengel of Ethiopia kills Bahr negus Yeshaq, finally ending his rebellion.

Births

March 2 - George Sandys, English traveller (died 1644)
April 1 - William Harvey, English physician (died 1657)
April 14 - King Philip III of Spain (died 1621)
May 16 - Everard Digby, English conspirator (died 1606)
July 9 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1637)
August 5 - Charles de Luynes, first duke of Chaulnes (died 1621)
August 17 - Francesco Albani, Italian painter (died 1660)
November 1 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (died 1642)
December 2 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (died 1640)
date unknown

Giambattista Andreini, Italian actor and playwright (died 1650)
Catharina Belgica of Nassau, regent of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1648)
Yamada Arinaga, Japanese retainer of Shimazu clan (died 1668)
Benedetto Castelli, Italian scientist (died 1643)
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer (died 1640)
Robert Cushman, Plymouth Colony settler (died 1625)
Iwasa Matabei, Japanese painter (died 1650)
Samuel Jordan, American colonial legislator (died 1623)
Grzegorz IV Radziwiłł, Polish magnate (died 1613)
François Ravaillac, killer of Henry IV of France (died 1610)
Ambrose Rokewood, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (died 1606)
Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland (died 1632)
Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimyo (died 1604)

See also :Category: 1578 births.

Deaths

February 5 - Giambattista Moroni, Italian painter (born 1510)
March 7 - Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (born 1515)
March 29 - Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (born 1524)
March 29 - Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (born 1527)
April 14 - James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary I of Scotland (born 1535)
April 19 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1530)
June 20 - Thomas Doughty, English explorer (executed)
August 4

King Sebastian I of Portugal (born 1554)
Thomas Stucley, English adventurer (born 1525)
Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi, King of Morocco
Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, King of Morocco

August 11 - Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (born 1502)
October 1 - Don John of Austria, military leader (born 1547)
date unknown

Jane Lumley, English translator (born 1537)
Giulio Clovio, Italian painter (born 1498)
Cornelis Cort, Dutch engraver (born 1536)
Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor (born 1501)
Amago Katsuhisa, Japanese nobleman (born 1553)
Ikeda Katsumasa, Japanese military commander (born 1539)
Juraj Julije Klovic, Dalmatian painter (born 1498)
Pierre Lescot, French architect (born 1510)

See also :Category: 1578 deaths.

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