1580

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
August 25: Battle of Alcântara
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)
4277 or 4070
    — to —
庚辰年 (Metal Dragon)
4278 or 4071
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

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[edit]

June 25: The Book of Concord is published.

January–March[edit]

April–June[edit]

July–September[edit]

October–December[edit]

Date unknown[edit]

  • 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.
  • The 1580 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.[21]

Births[edit]

Thomas Middleton
Francisco de Quevedo

Deaths[edit]

Henry, King of Portugal
Andrea Palladio
Anna of Austria

References[edit]

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  3. ^ João Vicente Melo, Jesuit and English Experiences at the Mughal Court, C. 1580–1615 (Springer, 2022) p.26
  4. ^ Michel de Montaigne (1887). Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Journey Into Italy, and Letters. Houghton, Mifflin. p. 471.
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  6. ^ J.D. Tracy, The Founding of the Dutch Republic: War, Finance, and Politics in Holland 1572–1588 (Oxford University Press, 2008) pp.157-158
  7. ^ Jūratė Kiaupienė and ; Ingė Lukšaitė, Lietuvos Istorija (in Lithuanian), Vol. V: Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė 1529–1588 metais ("The Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the years 1529–1588") (Baltos Lankos, 2013). pp. 264
  8. ^ Edouard Van Even, Geschiedenis der stad Diest ("History of the city of Diest") (Drukkery van Ad. Havermans, 1847), p.172
  9. ^ "11 de Junio de 1580: Segunda fundación de Buenos Aires", Calendario Histórico, BuenosAires.gov.ar
  10. ^ Viorel Panaite, Ottoman Law of War and Peace: The Ottoman Empire and Its Tribute-Payers from the North of the Danube (Brill, 2019) p.335
  11. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 230–233. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  12. ^ Joze Krasovec (1 October 1999). The Interpretation of the Bible: The International Symposium in Slovenia. A&C Black. p. 676. ISBN 978-0-567-34563-9.
  13. ^ "Antonio, Prior of Crato", by David Hannay, Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2 (11th ed.) (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
  14. ^ Carlos Melo Bento, História dos Açores: Da descoberta a 1934 (in Portuguese) (Câmara Municipal de Ponta Delgada, 2008) p.34
  15. ^ Portuguese Studies Review. Baywolf Press. 2005. p. 71.
  16. ^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  17. ^ Fernando Orozco Linares, Gobernantes de México (Panorama Editorial, 1985)
  18. ^ Maha Yazawin, Vol. 3 (Ya-Pyei Publishing, 2006) p.71
  19. ^ Tony Pollard and Iain Banks, Scorched Earth: Studies in the Archaeology of Conflict (Brill, 2007) p.222
  20. ^ George R. Hewitt, Scotland under Morton 1572-80 (John Donald Publishing, 1982), pp.76-77
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ Michelle O'Callaghan (7 March 2009). Thomas Middleton, Renaissance Dramatist. Edinburgh University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7486-3169-8.
  23. ^ Myrtle Byram McGraw (1941). The Child in Painting. Greystone Press. p. 12.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ Luís de Camões (1966). The Lusiads of Luiz de Camões. Hispanic Society of America. p. xxix.
  26. ^ Dissertation Abstracts International: The humanities and social sciences. A. University Microfilms. 1978. p. 2628.