Explore 86 historical events from 1580–1589.
John Day was an English printer. He specialised in printing and distributing Protestant literature and pamphlets, and produced many small-format religious books, such as ABCs, serm…
John Day, English printer (born 1522)
William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange and in the Dutch National anthem as Willem van Nassau, was the leader of the…
William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange and in the Dutch National anthem as Willem van Nassau, was the leader of the…
William I, Dutch nobleman (born 1533)
Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman and Count of Södermöre. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden fro…
Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (died 1654)
Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire, and a Marshal from 1620 onward.
Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (died 1652)
Alban Roe was an English Benedictine who was killed for ministering as a Catholic priest in 17th-century England. He is venerated as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Alban Roe, English Benedictine martyr (died 1642)
Nakagawa Kiyohide was a daimyō in Azuchi–Momoyama period. His childhood name was Nakagawa Toranosuke. His common name was Nakagawa Sebe.
Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyo (born 1556)
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, was Lord Deputy of Ireland during the Tudor period of English history, and a leading courtier during the reign of Elizabeth I.
Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1525)
Shibata Katsuie or Gonroku (権六) was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period. He was retainer of Oda Nobuhide. He served Oda Nobunaga as one of his tru…
Shibata Katsuie, Japanese samurai (born 1522)
Edmund Grindal was successively Bishop of London, Archbishop of York, and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I. Though born far from the centres of political an…
Edmund Grindal, English archbishop (born 1519)
Conquistadors or conquistadores were Spanish and Portuguese colonizers who explored, traded with, and colonized many parts of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the Age…
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina
The Sengoku period was the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Kyōtoku incident …
Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general
The Battle of Yamazaki was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan, located in current-day Kyoto Prefecture. This battle is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Mt. Tennō.
Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
Marco da Gagliano was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era. He was important in the early history of opera and the development of the solo and concerted madrigal.
Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (died 1643)
John Frederick of Württemberg was the Duke of Württemberg from 4 February 1608 until his death on 18 July 1628 whilst en route to Heidenheim.
John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (died 1628)
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele was an English nobleman and politician. He was a leading critic of Charles I's rule during the 1620s and 1630s. He was known also for hi…
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English politician (died 1662)
Charlotte of Bourbon was a princess consort of Orange as the third wife of William the Silent, Prince of Orange, the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish. She was th…
Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange (born 1547)
Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese samurai and daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito and regarded as the first "Great U…
Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (born 1534)
Shimizu Muneharu , also known as Shimizu Chōzaemon , was a military commander during the Sengoku period. He served the Mōri clan as a retainer to Kobayakawa Takakage and took part …
Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese commander (born 1537)
Akechi Mitsuhide , first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守) from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was origi…
Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1528)
The Act of Abjuration is the declaration of independence by many of the provinces of the Netherlands from their allegiance to Philip II of Spain, during the Dutch Revolt.
Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): The northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish…
Vincent de Paul, CM was a French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor and is best known for founding the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Chari…
Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (died 1660)
Peter Claver was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú, Catalonia, Spain, who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia, and ministry to…
San Pedro Claver, Spanish Jesuit saint (died 1654)
Brian Twyne was an English antiquary and an academic at the University of Oxford. After being educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and becoming a Fellow of the college in 16…
Brian Twyne, English archivist (died 1644)