Explore 134 historical events from 1580–1589.
Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snell, commonly known simply as Snellius and Snell, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1626)
Carlo Contarini was the 100th Doge of Venice from 27 March 1655 until his death in 1656.
Carlo Contarini, doge of Venice (died 1656)
Johann Stobäus was a composer and lutenist.
Johann Stobäus, German lute player and composer (died 1646)
Francesco Mochi was an Italian early-Baroque sculptor active mostly in Rome, Piacenza and Orvieto. His dramatic early works in Orvieto are now often regarded as the first truly Bar…
Francesco Mochi, Italian sculptor (died 1654)
The Honourable George Percy was an English explorer, writer, and early Colonial Governor of Virginia.
George Percy, English explorer (died 1632)
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago, was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival L…
Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)
Charles Annibal Fabrot was a French jurisconsult.
Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer and author (died 1659)
Albrecht Giese was a councilman and diplomat of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk). He was a member of the Hanseatic League, and part of an important merchant family who had offices in Lo…
Albrecht Giese, Polish-German politician and diplomat (born 1524)
Metrophanes III of Constantinople was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople two times, from 1565 to 1572 and from 1579 to 1580.
Metrophanes III of Constantinople (born 1520)
Luís Vaz de Camões, sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns, is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compare…
Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born 1524–25)
Andrea Palladio was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considere…
Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (born 1508)
D. Jerónimo Osório da Fonseca was a Portuguese Roman Catholic humanist bishop, historian and polemicist. An extensive notice of his life and thought (Vita) was written by his nephe…
Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (born 1506)
Emmanuel Philibert, known as Testa di ferro, was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 17 August 1553 until his death in 1580. He is notably remembered for restor…
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (born 1528)
Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, suo jure 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary I …
Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (born 1519)