1575

Year '1575' was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1575

Undated

Births

Deaths

Events of 1575

★ February 13 - Henry III of France is crowned at Reims.

★ February 14 - Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont.

★ June 28 - Oda Nobunaga defeats Takeda Katsuyori in the battle of Nagashino, which has been called Japan's first 'modern' battle.

★ August 5 - Henry Sidney is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

★ October 10 - Battle of Dormans: Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

★ December 15 - Stephen Báthory becomes king of Poland.

★ Russians occupy Pernau in Western Estonia and the fortress of Weissenstein.

Undated

★ The Fifth War of Religion erupts in France.

★ Edmund Grindal succeeds Matthew Parker as Archbishop of Canterbury.

★ Francisco De Obando Y Mexia becomes Governor of Puerto Rico.

★ William I of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon.

★ Portugal founds the city of Luanda in Angola.

★ William I of Orange founds the University of Leiden.

★ Queen Elizabeth I of England grants a monopoly on producing printed sheet music to Thomas Tallis and William Byrd.

★ Abraham Ortelius becomes geographer to Philip II of Spain.

★ First known self-portrait is painted by Nicholas Hilliard.

★ The bubonic plague decimates Venice.

Births

★ January

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★ Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness de Ros (died 1591)

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★ Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna, Spanish viceroy of Sicily and Naples (died 1624)

★ February 4 - Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (died 1629)

★ March 5 - William Oughtred, English mathematician (died 1660)

★ May 30 - Diego Salcedo, Spanish bishop (died 1644)

★ August 14 - Robert Hayman, English-born poet (died 1629)

★ November 4 - Guido Reni, Italian painter (died 1642)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Jakob Böhme, German mystic (died 1624)

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★ David Calderwood, Scottish divine and historian (died 1650)

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★ Anna Kostka, Polish noblewoman (died 1635)

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★ Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, successful London merchant (died 1645)

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★ William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle (died 1622)

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★ Arbella Stuart, Duchess of Somerset (died 1615)

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★ Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (died 1626)

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★ Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (died 1608)

★ ''probable''

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★ Giambattista Basile, Italian poet (died 1632)

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★ Edmund Bolton, English historian and poet (died 1633)

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★ Samuel Purchas, English travel writer (died 1626)
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Deaths

★ February 21 - Claude of Valois, daughter of Henry II of France (born 1547)

★ March 11 - Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (born 1520)

★ March 15 - Annibale Padovano, Italian composer and organist (born 1527)

★ March 24 - Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (born 1488)

★ May 17 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1504)

★ July 14 - Richard Taverner, English Bible translator (born 1505)

★ September 17 - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (born 1504)

★ December 23 - Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese retainer (born 1531)

★ December 31 - Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (born 1502)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (born 1516)

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★ Takeda Nobukado, Japanese nobleman

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★ Constantio Varoli, Italian anatomist (born 1543)

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★ Limahon, Chinese pirate
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