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1579 1579 thumb|200px|January 23: The Union of Utrecht is signed. Year 1579 (MDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. Events January–March January 6 – The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. January 23 – The Union of Utrecht unites the northern Netherlands in a confederation called the United Provinces. William the Silent becomes Stadtholder, and the Duc d'Anjou, younger brother of Henry III of France, is invited to become hereditary sovereign.Mack P. Holt The Duke of Anjou and the Politique Struggle During the Wars of Religion https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt5sraGYbWcC&pg=PA114 2 May 2002 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-89278-0 114 en February 4 – The Ghent Republic joins the Union of Utrecht.Despretz André De instauratie der Gentse Calvinistische republiek (1577-1579) / https://lib.ugent.be/en/catalog/rug01:000798146 lib.ugent.be 28 January 2024 1963 February 28 – The seizure in September by Willem IV van den Bergh, of the Boxmeer Castle in September in the Netherlands is condemned by the other Dutch members of the Union of Utrecht.R.W. Tadama, Willem Graaf van den Berg en Zijne Tijdgenooten (in Dutch)(Zutphen, 1846) p.29 March 1 – Off of the coast of what is now Ecuador, the English galleon Golden Hind, captained by Francis Drake, captures the Spanish freighter Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (unofficially called "Cagafuego") and its cargo, including 26 tons of silver and 1,000 pounds of gold.Arthur Herman, To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World (Harper Collins, 2004) p.88 March 2 – Battle of Borgerhout in Brabant (now Belgium): Spanish troops under the command of the Duke of Parma overwhelm rebels fighting for the Union of Utrecht.Famiano Strada, Segunda decada de las Guerras de Flandes: desde el principio del govierno de Alexandro Farnese (1681) p.30 March 12 – The Siege of Maastricht, a center of the Dutch resistance to Spanish rule, is started in the Netherlands by Spanish troops under the command of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma.Limburg https://dutchrevolt.leiden.edu/dutch/geografie/L/Pages/limburg.aspx dutchrevolt.leiden.edu 28 January 2024 The siege will last almost four months before Maastricht falls on July 1. April–June April 10 – In the village of Cuers in France, near Toulon rebel peasants kill 600 nobles and upper-class gentlemen of the Catholic League serving the Count of Carces.Mack P. Holt, The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629 (Cambridge University Press, 1995) p.112 May 17 – The Treaty of Arras is concluded between Spain (represented by the Duke of Parma), and members of the Union of Arras that had been formed in January. The Union of Utrecht continues its resistance against Spain while the County of Hainaut, the County of Artois, and the cities of Douai, Lille, Orchies and Arras agree to a separate peace under Spanish rule.Jonathan Israel, The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477–1806 (Clarendon Press, 1995) May 21 – Battle of Mimaomote: In Japan, Doi Kiyonaga defeats the forces of Kumu Yorinobu.The samurai sourcebook 1998 Arms and Armour Press 978-1-85409-371-4 230 https://archive.org/details/samuraisourceboo00turn_0/page/230/mode/2up?q=%2225+may%22 28 January 2024 June 17 – Francis Drake, during his circumnavigation of the world, lands in modern-day California, which he claims for Queen Elizabeth I.Gough Barry M. Distant dominion : Britain and the northwest coast of North America, 1579-1809 1980 University of British Columbia Press Vancouver 978-0-7748-0113-3 15 https://archive.org/details/distantdominionb0000goug/page/14/mode/2up?q=%2217+june%22 28 January 2024Sugden John Sir Francis Drake 24 April 2012 Random House 978-1-4481-2950-8 134 https://books.google.com/books?id=2CEgmN-3VcMC&dq=california+elizabeth+i+francis+drake+%2217+june+1579%22&pg=PA134 28 January 2024 en With an English claim here and in Newfoundland, it becomes the basis for English colonial charters which will claim all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from "sea to sea." Drake's claim is called Nova Albion (New England), and subsequent maps will show all lands north of New Spain and New Mexico under this name. July–September July 1 – Maastricht surrenders to Spanish troops after a surprise attack by the Duke of Parma, who had besieged the city for more than three months. July 13 – Karlovac in Croatia is founded.O gradu https://www.karlovac.hr/grad/o-gradu-2728/2728 karlovac.hr 28 January 2024Stallaerts Robert Historical Dictionary of Croatia 22 December 2009 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-7363-6 183 https://books.google.com/books?id=NSjRbIz4iDkC&dq=Karlovac+%2213+july+1579%22&pg=PA183 28 January 2024 en July 17 – James FitzMaurice FitzGerald lands with a small force of Irish, Spanish, and Italian troops at Smerwick, on the Dingle Peninsula in south-western Ireland, and commences the Second Desmond Rebellion against the rule in Ireland of Elizabeth I of England.Orr D. Alan "Communis Hostis Omnium": The Smerwick Massacre (1580) and the Law of Nations Journal of British Studies July 2019 58 3 473–493 10.1017/jbr.2019.6 201334633 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-british-studies/article/abs/communis-hostis-omnium-the-smerwick-massacre-1580-and-the-law-of-nations/A94FAEB02F79622A44BCB9B4C2AA5B0C 28 January 2024 en 0021-9371 subscription August 6 – In the Spanish-controlled Netherlands, the representatives of the Union of Utrecht declare that they will no longer respect the authority of King Philip of Spain. August 17 – "Yasuke", a man of African origin who has been hired as a manager by the Chancellor of the Realm, Oda Nobunaga, arrives in Japan. Called "The Black Samurai" in dramatizations of his experience, he begins a service of three years to the Chancellor, ending on June 21, 1582. August 30 – Livonian War: In what is now Belarus, the city of Polotsk falls to the forces of Stephen Báthory, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland.Daniel Stone, The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386–1795 (University of Washington Press, 2001) September 10 – (5th waning of Tawthalin 941 ME) In the Kingdom of Mrauk U in what is now Myanmar and Bangladesh, King Min Phalaung becomes the owner of the first of three white elephants, and gives himself the title of Hsinbyushin.Ashin Sandamala Linkara, Rakhine Yazawinthit Kyan (in Burmese). Vol. 2 (Tetlan Sarpay, 1931) pp.50-51 September 12 – Amendments are made to the May 17 Treaty of Arras, with further concessions to Spain by the Union of Arras. The final version is promulgated by King Philip of Spain in Mons, one of the regions in the Arras Union. September 28 – In Switzerland, a mutual assistance pact was signed at Lucerne between representatives of Roman Catholic cantons by the efforts of the Catholic Bishop of Basel, Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee.Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/017030/2004-08-11/ hls-dhs-dss.ch 30 January 2024 October–December October 5 – At Banda Aceh, on the island of Sumatra in what is now Indonesia, Alauddin Mansur Syah becomes the new Sultan of Aceh upon the death of Sultan Zainul Abidin.Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië (M. Nijhoff & Brill, 1917) October 11 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire for more than 14 years, is assassinated in Constantinople."Murad III", by J. H. Kramers, in E. J. Brill's First Encyclopedia of Islam, ed. by M. Th. Houtsma, et al., Vol. VI (Brill, 1993) p.730 October 13 – Semiz Ahmed Pasha is appointed as the new Ottoman Grand Vizier by Sultan Murad III. October 19 – King James VI of Scotland makes his ceremonial entry into Edinburgh to assume the throne at the age of 13, after being declared to have reached the age of majority.Meikle Maureen M. Sixteenth-Century Scotland 1 January 2008 Brill 978-90-474-3373-6 277–294 https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789047433736/Bej.9789004168251.i-476_014.xml 30 January 2024 en Chapter Twelve. Anna Of Denmark’s Coronation And Entry Into Edinburgh, 1590: Cultural, Religious And Diplomatic Perspectives Scotland had been ruled by regents since 1567, when James was declared king. October 20 – Nicolò Doria is elected to a two-year term as the new Doge of the Republic of Genoa.Sergio Buonadonna and Mario Marcenaro, Rosso Doge: I dogi della Repubblica di Genova dal 1339 al 1797 (De Ferrari Press, 2000). 150px|thumb|November 3: Seditious writer John Stubbs is barred from writing again November 3 – The English puritan John Stubbs, author of numerous pamphlets against the doctrines of the Church of England, is convicted of sedition, and his right hand is amputated as punishment."Dismembering and Forgetting in Titus Andronicus", by Katherine A. Rowe, Shakespeare Quarterly (Autumn 1994) p.285 November 13 – During the Second Desmond Rebellion, rebel troops in Ireland, led by Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, carry out the Sack of Youghal and massacre the English Army garrison, then pillage and burn the homes of local residents.William Palmer, The Problem of Ireland in Tudor Foreign Policy, 1485–1603 (Boydell & Brewer, 1995) November 21 – Iancu Sasul becomes the new Prince of Moldavia as Peter the Lame steps down for the second time.Nouzille Jean Moldova: istoria tragică a unei regiuni Europene 2005 Prut Internaţional 978-9975-69-720-0 52 https://books.google.com/books?id=B70WAQAAMAAJ&q=%2221%20noiembrie%201579%22 30 January 2024 ro Peter will replace Sasul on October 17, 1582. November 23 – Jeremias II Tranos is removed from office as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and replaced by his rival Metrophanes III of Constantinople, whom he deposed on May 4, 1572."Jérémie II", in Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, Vol. 28 (Letouzey et Ané, 2003) pp. 999-1000 December 16 – After Willem van Pamele, the Spanish Governor of Flanders, is forced to flee during the Dutch Revolt, the Duke of Parma orders Pamele and the Catholic members of the Council of Flanders to convene at Douai as the temporary Flemish capital."Pamele (Guillaume de)", by Émile de Borchgrave, in Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 16 (Royal Academy of Belgium, 1901), pp.526-528 December 24 – German astronomer Michael Maestlin makes the first cataloging of the Pleiades cluster, recording 11 separate stars visible to the naked eye, with a detailed illustration and measurements."On the Visibility of Stars in the Pleiades with the Naked Eye", by Friedrich Winnecke, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (December 1878), pp.146–148 December 25 – In France, Protestant French troops under the command of Matthieu Merle, make a surprise attack on the Roman Catholic cathedral in the village of Mende during Mass, and kill 400 civilians."Léon Costecalde, Monographie illustré de la cathédrale de Mende (Imprimerie Ignon-Renouard, 1922) p.13 ("La nuit de Noel 1579, Mathieu Merle, chef des protestants cevenois, s'avanca vers Mende, a la feveur des tenebres, s'empara de la ville par trabison, y massacra 400 pretres ou fideles, la plupart, dans l'enceinte meme de la cathedrale." Date unknown In the Mughal Empire in India, Akbar abolishes the jizya, the tax placed upon non-Muslim residents. Akbar issues a mazhar signed by the leading ulamas, putting himself as the highest religious authority, allowing him to interpret the Quran.Akhtar Awais Christianity in the Court of Mughal Emperor Akbar (1556-1605AD) Journal of Indian Studies 2019 5 2 189–198 https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/62859043/5_v5_2_1920200407-112762-1mmqisn-libre.pdf?1586265930=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DChristianity_in_the_Court_of_Mughal_Empe.pdf&Expires=1706654877&Signature=OKhwyY46Ah1v8kLonuVXhyWGC0GaSTW4BvP6UHcoRJOK9zcSY1YyN3A2qyvY6ngVCghox5J92tBXdDKgs2KTs15GY43RDW7ZaEsnZ8AeBZwz9-vrUjHEX9qEUj-xErli9LLM1IPC4wiLBHPUrJgT42Mn1z9ZSiLgzv8D6C6jQArTaLgXyLBfX-tSdPGtmGR5oU13J--cHRpDH18Vk9Q3S13bqP4grCbThEw4hUuXJhZq7ayJ7vof1EInXSwvfHaoQuUfz6CacxDyhPmqVNYGGgfNfmk3TSc7PuDV~RYI0ADLNHrmggis17TyjmTn1ydfXhiYgMyuicpVLin3t~9Z6g__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA 30 January 2024 The municipality of Boac in Marinduque, Philippines is founded.AKYLBEKOV Kalibek Marinduk Island in the Philippines from the Position of Geography of Tourism GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites 2022 44 4 1459–1471 10.30892/gtg.44434-966 https://gtg.webhost.uoradea.ro/PDF/GTG-4-2022/gtg.44434-966.pdf 30 January 2024 The Bible of Kralice begins publication. The first complete translation of the Bible into the Czech language (with notes), it is prepared by the Unity of the Brethren, and published at Kralice nad Oslavou, Bohemia.Archives Moravian Moravian Archives https://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/thismonth/13_10%20Kralice%20Bible.pdf www.moravianchurcharchives.org 30 January 2024 en Births 110px|thumbnail|right|Tokugawa Hidetada January 4 – Willem Teellinck, Dutch pastor (d. 1629)Engelberts Willem Jodocus Matthias Willem Teellinck 1898 Scheffer & Company 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=GHUrAAAAYAAJ&q=%20%224%20januari%201579%22 30 January 2024 nl January 6 – Juan Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish nobleman, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (d. 1636)Juan Manuel Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/6851/juan-manuel-alonso-perez-de-guzman-el-bueno dbe.rah.es 30 January 2024 January 23 – Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (d. 1649)Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums 2000 Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nurnberg 113 https://books.google.com/books?id=k2LrAAAAMAAJ&q=%2223%20januar%201579%22 30 January 2024 de January 27 – Antonio Tornielli, Italian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Novara (1636–1650) (d. 1650) February 24 – Johann Jacob Grasser, Swiss poet, historian and theologian (d. 1627)Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 1989 R. Reich 46 https://books.google.com/books?id=ejhtAAAAIAAJ&q=%20%2224%20februar%201579%22 30 January 2024 de March 23 – Francis Mansell, English academic (d. 1665)Mansell, Francis https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-17991 2004 30 January 2024 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/17991 April 10 – Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1666)Jahrbuch des Provinzialmuseums zu Hannover 1909 Wilh. Riemschneider 65 https://books.google.com/books?id=eVk7AQAAMAAJ&dq=August+der+J%C3%BCngere+10+aprile+1579&pg=RA5-PA65 2 March 2024 de April 12 – François de Bassompierre, French courtier (d. 1646)Journal de ma vie Mémoires du maréchal de Bassompierre publiée avec fragments inédits pour la Société de l'histoire de France par le Mis de Chantérac: Tome 1 1870 Mme Ve Jules Renouard IX https://books.google.com/books?id=6gu9-ZfeFCMC&dq=Fran%C3%A7ois+de+Bassompierre+%2212+avril+1579%22&pg=PR9 2 March 2024 fr May 1 – Wolphert Gerretse, Dutch founder of the New Netherland Colony (d. 1662) May 2 – Tokugawa Hidetada, Japanese shōgun (d. 1632) June 17 – Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (d. 1650)Mittheilungen aus der historischen Litteratur 1878 Weidmann 220 https://books.google.com/books?id=00SfBVDKjvAC&dq=Ludwig+I.+%2217+juni+1579%22&pg=PA220 2 March 2024 de June 18 – Afonso Mendes, Patriarch of Ethiopia (d. 1659) July 2 – Janusz Radziwiłł, Lithuanian and Polish nobleman (d. 1620)Łukaszewicz Józef Dzieje kosciołów wyznania helweckiego w Litwie 1842 Drukarni Orędownik 164 https://books.google.com/books?id=7tJbAAAAcAAJ&dq=Janusz+Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82+%2222+lipca+1579%22&pg=PA164 2 March 2024 pl July 6 Bernardino de Almansa Carrión, Spanish Catholic prelate and Archbishop (d. 1633)Indias Archivo General de Historia de la Compañía de Jesús en la provincia del Paraguay: (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Perú, Bolivia y Brasil) según los documentos originales del Archivo General de Indias 1912 V. Suárez 384 https://books.google.com/books?id=EJJCAAAAYAAJ&dq=Bernardino+de+Almansa+Carri%C3%B3n+%226+de+julio+de+1579%22&pg=PA384 2 March 2024 es Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire, English noble (d. 1622)Stephen Leslie Lee Sir Sidney Dictionary of National Biography 1909 Oxford University Press 565 https://books.google.com/books?id=pxpbAAAAIAAJ&dq=Francis+Norris+%226+july+1579%22&pg=PA565 2 March 2024 en July 13 – Arthur Dee, English physician and alchemist (d. 1651)Raines Francis Robert The Rectors of Manchester: And the Wardens of the Collegiate Church of that Town 1885 Chetham Society 111 https://books.google.com/books?id=WGpKAAAAYAAJ&dq=Arthur+Dee+%2213+july+1579%22&pg=PA111 2 March 2024 en August 1 – Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish dramatist and novelist (d. 1644)Luis Vélez de Guevara https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/5159/luis-velez-de-guevara dbe.rah.es 2 March 2024 August 18 – Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau, Dutch-French abbess (d. 1640)Roosbroeck Robert van Willem van Oranje, droom en gestalte 1962 Uitgeverij Heideland 183 https://books.google.com/books?id=ceINAQAAIAAJ&q=Charlotte+Flandrina+%2218+augustus+1579%22 2 March 2024 nl August 21 – Henri, Duke of Rohan, French Huguenot soldier and writer (d. 1638)Chesnaye-Desbois Franc̜ois Alexandre Aubert de La Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de France 1778 La veuve Duchesne 279 https://books.google.com/books?id=EJ5YAAAAMAAJ&dq=Henri+II+de+Rohan+%2221+aout+1579%22&pg=PA279 2 March 2024 fr August 23 – Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian (d. 1625)Dempster, Thomas https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-7473 2004 2 March 2024 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/7473 September 1 – John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince-Bishop, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1634)Wappenbuch zu der zweiten Auflage von Dr. Kamill von Behr's Genealogie der in Europa regierenden Fürstenhäuser 1890 B. Tauchnitz 13 https://books.google.com/books?id=lY5VAAAAcAAJ&dq=Johann+Friedrich+von+Schleswig+1+september+1579&pg=PA13 2 March 2024 de September 3 – Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach (1606–1643) (d. 1643)Hessian Biography https://www.lagis-hessen.de/pnd/1012548104 www.lagis-hessen.de 2 March 2024 September 16 – Samuel Coster, Dutch writer (d. 1665)[Dr. Samuel Adriaensz Koster of Coster], Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde, F. Jos. van den Branden, J.G. Frederiks https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bran038biog01_01/bran038biog01_01_2339.php DBNL 2 March 2024 nl September 17 – Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English noble (d. 1642)HOWARD, Charles II (1579-1642), of Effingham, Surr. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/howard-charles-ii-1579-1642 www.historyofparliamentonline.org 2 March 2024 October 4 – Guido Bentivoglio, Italian cardinal (d. 1644)The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of January 11, 1621 https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1621.htm#Bentivoglio cardinals.fiu.edu 2 March 2024 October 18 – Anthony Abdy, English merchant (d. 1640) November 7 – Juan de Peñalosa, Spanish painter (d. 1633)Perales Francisco Valverde y Historia de la villa de Baena 1903 La Viuda é Hijos de J. Peláez 384 https://books.google.com/books?id=mBYrAQAAMAAJ&dq=Juan+de+Pe%C3%B1alosa+%227+de+noviembre+de+1579%22&pg=PA384 2 March 2024 es November 11 – Frans Snyders, Flemish painter (d. 1657)Koester Olaf Flemish Paintings, 1600-1800 2000 Statens Museum for Kunst 978-87-90096-05-2 231 https://books.google.com/books?id=VejqAAAAMAAJ&q=%2211%20november%201579%22 2 March 2024 en November 12 – Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg, German nobleman (d. 1635)Suchier Reinhard Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894 1894 Heydt 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=xns4eKVoLnkC&dq=Albrecht+von+Hanau+%2212+november+1579%22&pg=PA15 2 March 2024 de November 16 – Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1653)The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of January 19, 1626 https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1626.htm#Cornaro cardinals.fiu.edu 2 March 2024 December 9 – Martin de Porres, Peruvian monk, Roman Catholic saint (d. 1639)Walsh Michael J. The Book of Saints 1994 Twenty-Third Publications 978-0-89622-628-9 127 https://books.google.com/books?id=E83FYBIUR3cC&q=%229%20december%201579%22 2 March 2024 en December 20 (bapt.) – John Fletcher, English dramatist (d. 1625)Fletcher, John https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-9730 2004 2 March 2024 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/9730 date unknown Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading, royalist commander in the English Civil War (d. 1652)Astley, Jacob, first Baron Astley of Reading https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-817 2004 2 March 2024 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/817 Arthur Johnston, Scottish physician and poet (d. 1641)Farquhar Alexander Neo-Latin Literature and Literary Culture in Early Modern Scotland 1 January 2017 Brill 978-90-04-33073-3 203–222 https://brill.com/display/book/9789004330733/B9789004330733_010.xml 2 March 2024 en 8 Arthur Johnston (c. 1579–1641): A Scottish Neo-Latin Poet in Europe John Ogilvie, Scottish Jesuit, Roman Catholic saint (martyred 1615)Dilworth Mark Three Documents Relating to St John Ogilvie Innes Review 1983 34 2 51–65 10.3366/inr.1983.34.2.51 https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/inr.1983.34.2.51?journalCode=inr 2 March 2024 subscription Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar and antiquary (d. 1639)[Meursius, Johannes], Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 7 https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieu07_01/molh003nieu07_01_1546.php DBNL 30 January 2024 nl Deaths thumb|110px|right|Sokollu Mehmed Pasha February 5 – Countess Palatine Helena of Simmern, Countess consort of Hanau-Münzenberg (1551–1561) (b. 1532) February 16 – Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Spanish explorer (b. 1509)Saldahna E. de El licenciado Jimenez de Quesada: algunas viejas novedades y ciertas nuevas vejeces sobre las empresas literarias y militares de don Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, mariscal y adelantado que fue del n.r. de Granada. Con acopio de documentos ineditos 1916 Mogollon 89 https://books.google.com/books?id=5yBEAQAAMAAJ&dq=Gonzalo+Jim%C3%A9nez+de+Quesada+%2216+de+febrero+de+1579%22&pg=PA89 4 March 2024 es February 20 – Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)London Topographical Record 1917 London Topographical Society 60 https://books.google.com/books?id=DOdZAAAAIAAJ&dq=Nicholas+Bacon+%2220+february+1579%22&pg=PA60 4 March 2024 en March 12 – Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian humanist and philosopher from Siena (b. 1508)Basil Brown Astronomical Atlases, Maps & Charts: An Historical & General Guide https://books.google.com/books?id=xO8XAQAAMAAJ 1968 Dawsons of Pall Mall 978-0-7129-0131-4 17 en April 24 – John Stuart, 4th Earl of AthollStewart, John, fourth earl of Atholl https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-26491 2004 4 March 2024 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/26491 May 6 – François de Montmorency, 2nd Duke of Montmorency, French nobleman (b. 1530)Sainte-Marie Anselme de Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la couronne & de la maison du Roy, & des anciens barons du royaume ... 1728 Compagnie des libraires associez 604 https://books.google.com/books?id=2NlEAAAAcAAJ&dq=Fran%C3%A7ois+de+Montmorency+%226+may+1579%22&pg=PA604 4 March 2024 fr May 20 – Isabella Markham, English courtier (b. 1527)Levin Carole Bertolet Anna Riehl Carney Jo Eldridge A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650 3 November 2016 Taylor & Francis 978-1-315-44071-2 509 https://books.google.com/books?id=kDglDwAAQBAJ&dq=Isabella+Markham+%2220+may+1579%22&pg=PA509 4 March 2024 en June 17 – Johannes Stadius, Flemish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician (b. 1527)Eckstein Friedrich August Nomenclator philologorum 1871 B. G. Teubner 543 https://books.google.com/books?id=MK0UAAAAYAAJ&dq=Johannes+Stadius+%2217+juni+1579%22&pg=PA543 4 March 2024 de June 25 – Hatano Hideharu, Japanese samurai (b. 1541) July 3 – Edward Fitton, the elder, Irish politician (b. 1527)Ormerod George The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Comp. from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian Mss., Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms. Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities 1882 G. Routledge 553 https://books.google.com/books?id=yIY1AQAAMAAJ&dq=Edward+Fitton+%223+july+1579%22&pg=PA553 4 March 2024 en August 5 – Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of February 26, 1561 https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1561.htm#Hosius cardinals.fiu.edu 4 March 2024 August 12 – Domenico Bollani, Bishop of Milan (b. 1514)Bollani, Domenico https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/domenico-bollani_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Treccani it October 11 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Turkish Janissary and Grand Vizier (b. 1505) October 13 – William Drury, English politician (b. 1527)Drury, William https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-8101 2004 4 March 2024 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/8101 October 21 – Tanegashima Tokitaka, Japanese Daimyo (b. 1528) October 24 – Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1528)Schreiber Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Geschichte Bayerns in Verbindung mit der deutschen Geschichte: Bd. Von den Agilofingern bis zum Ausgang des Spanischen Erbfolgekrieges 1889 Herdersche Verlagshandlung 564 https://books.google.com/books?id=pXZCAAAAIAAJ&dq=Albrecht+V+%2224+oktober+1579%22&pg=PA563 4 March 2024 de November 9 – Philip VI, Count of Waldeck (1567–1579) (b. 1551)Hamann Richard Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft 1936 Verlag des Kunstgeschichtlichen Seminars der Universität Marburg an der Lahn 59 https://books.google.com/books?id=C03rAAAAMAAJ&q=Philipp+VI+%229+november+1579%22 4 March 2024 de November 15 – Francis David, Hungarian religious reformer (b. 1510)Transilvania 2009 Comitetul Județean de Cultură și Educație Socialistă 16 https://books.google.com/books?id=QXL6W32wNy8C&q=%2215%20noiembrie%201579%22 4 March 2024 ro November 21 – Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (b. 1519)Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D. 1258-A.D. 1688: A.D. 1358-1688 1890 J.C. Francis 698 https://books.google.com/books?id=ytUxAQAAMAAJ&dq=Thomas+Gresham+%2221+november+1579%22&pg=PA698 4 March 2024 en date unknown Giovanni Battista Adriani, Italian historian (b. c. 1512)Adriani, Giovanni Battista https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-battista-adriani_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Treccani it Diego de Landa, Spanish Bishop of the Yucatán (b. 1524)Archivo ibero-americano 1916 J. Costa 266 https://books.google.com/books?id=TEpQAQAAMAAJ&dq=Diego+de+Landa+%2229+de+abril+de+1579%22&pg=PA266 4 March 2024 es Hieronim Jarosz Sieniawski, Polish noble (b. 1516)Boniecki Adam Poczet rodów w Wielkiem Ksie̦stwie Litewskiem w XV i XVI wieku 1883 Ośrodek Kultury Polskiej nad Renem 24 https://books.google.com/books?id=znw-AQAAIAAJ&dq=Hieronim+Jarosz+Sieniawski+%221579%22&pg=PA24-IA2 4 March 2024 pl Barbara Thenn, Austrian merchant and Münzmeister (b. 1519)Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 1982 Böhlaus Nachf. 418 https://books.google.com/books?id=ESl8t3X9gGIC&q=Barbara+Thenn+%221579%22 4 March 2024 de William Whittingham, English Biblical scholar and religious reformer (b. 1524)Whittingham, William https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-29329 2004 4 March 2024 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/29329 Voravongsa I, Laotian king of Lan Xang probable – Hans Staden, German adventurer (b. 1525) References