Explore 133 historical events from 1570–1579.
Joanna of Austria was an Infanta of Spain by birth and Princess of Portugal by marriage to João Manuel, Prince of Portugal. She served as regent of Spain for her brother Philip II …
Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (born 1535)
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 927, when all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united under the rule of Æthelstan, until 1 May 1707…
England and France sign an alliance against Spain in the treaty of Blois
The Martyrs of Gorkum were a group of 19 Dutch Catholic clerics, secular and religious, who were hanged on 9 July 1572 in the town of Brielle by militant Dutch Calvinists during th…
Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs, in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
Ben Jonson was an English actor, poet and playwright. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is …
Ben Jonson, English poet, playwright, and critic (died 1637)
Daniyal Mirza was a prince of the Mughal Empire who served as the Viceroy of the Deccan. He was the third son of the emperor Akbar and a half-brother of the emperor Jahangir.
Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur (died 1604)
The Huguenots are a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of burgomast…
The Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre marries the Catholic Margaret of Valois, ostensibly to reconcile the feuding…
The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine o…
French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day…
Fakhr al-Din Ma'n, commonly known as Fakhr al-Din II or Fakhreddine II, was the paramount Druze emir of Mount Lebanon from the Ma'n dynasty, an Ottoman governor of Sidon-Beirut and…
Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze emir (died 1635)
Pope Pius V, OP, born Antonio Ghislieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 January 1566 to his death, in May 1572.
Pope Pius V (born 1504)
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk,, was an English Roman Catholic nobleman and politician. He was a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth I and held many high offices during the earlie…
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 1536)
Jeanne d'Albret, also known as Jeanne III, was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572.
Jeanne d'Albret, Navarrese queen and Huguenot leader (born 1528)
Sigismund II Augustus was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lith…
Sigismund II Augustus, Polish king (born 1520)
Isaac ben Solomon Ashkenazi Luria, commonly known in Jewish religious circles as Ha'ari, Ha'ari Hakadosh or Arizal, was a leading rabbi and Jewish mystic in the community of Safed …
Isaac Luria, Ottoman rabbi and mystic (born 1534)
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy, KG was an English nobleman, politician and Roman Catholic rebel leader, who led the Rising of the North against Elizabeth…
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (born 1528)
Gaspard de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon, was a French nobleman, Admiral of France, and Huguenot leader during the French Wars of Religion. He served under kings Francis I and Hen…
Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (born 1519)
Charles de Téligny was a French soldier and diplomat.
Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (born 1535)
Don Miguel López de Legazpi, also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo, was a Spanish conquistador who financed and led an expedition to conquer the Philippine islands in the mid-16…
Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish navigator and politician, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (born 1502)
Petrus Ramus was a French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A prominent and controversial academic and professor in Paris' College De France, Ramus became famous for hi…
Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (born 1515)
Don Miguel López de Legazpi, also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo, was a Spanish and Basque conquistador who financed and led an expedition to conquer the Philippine islands in…
Miguel López de Legazpi conquers Manila for Spain, modern day capital of the Philippines
The Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War, also known as the War of Cyprus, was fought between 1570 and 1573. It was waged between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, the latter j…
The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk,, was an English nobleman and politician. He was a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth I and held many high offices during the earlier part of her r…
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of…
Niwa Nagashige was a Japanese daimyō who served the Oda clan. Nagashige was the eldest son of Niwa Nagahide and married the 5th daughter of Oda Nobunaga. He took part in his first…
Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (died 1637)
Sir Thomas Mun was an English writer on economics and is often referred to as the last of the early mercantilists. Most notably, he is known for serving as the director of the East…
Thomas Mun, English writer on economics (died 1641)
The encomienda was a 16th-century Spanish labour system that rewarded Spain's conquistadors with the labour of conquered non-Christian peoples. In theory, the conquerors would prov…
La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines, is founded by the Spaniards as one of the…