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| Years: 1574 1575 1576 - 1577 - 1578 1579 1580 | |
| Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold
- September 17 - Peace of Bergerac signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots
- The church in San Pedro in the Atacama Desert in Chile was built.
Births
- February 6 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman who conspired to kill her father (d. 1599)
- April 12 - King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway
- June 12 - Habbakkuk Guldin later known as Paul Guldin, Swiss Jesuit mathematician
- June 28 - Peter Paul Rubens, painter
- November 25 - Piet Hein (Netherlands), Dutch naval officer and folk hero
Deaths
- June 11 - king John III of Portugal
- August 27 - Titian, artist
- November 19 - Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord
- November 29 - Saint Cuthbert Mayne, Roman Catholic martyr
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