1580

Year 1580 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Events of 1580



 * - signs the preface to his most significant work, . They are published later the same year.
 * - founds.
 * - The, a collection of confessional documents, is published.
 * - The, the first complete printed in a , is published.
 * - In the, , led by , defeats.
 * -  circumnavigates the globe.

Undated

 * 1580-: First session of  ( of 4 countries) in, . 70 delegates of  local s met to discuss taxations and other issues important to  communities.




 * loses independence to following the death without heirs of king . The  rule would last until.


 * entered with a band of 1636 men.  begins the.


 * missionaries arrive at the court of, Ruler of the.

Births

 * February -, English diplomat (died )
 * -, English politician and colonizer (died )
 * - (baptism), English playwright (died )
 * -, French priest and saint (died )
 * -, Belgian astronomer (died )
 * -, Dutch scholar (died )
 * -, English poet (died )
 * -, French lawyer (died )
 * -, Spanish writer (died )
 * -, French astronomer (died )
 * -, English adventurer and naval officer (died )
 * date unknown
 * , German geographer and historian (died )
 * , Dutch ship's captain and explorer (died )
 * , Virginia settler (died )
 * , knight of Arwenack in Falmouth (died )
 * , Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died )
 * , Bohemian lawyer and writer (died )
 * , French mathematician and instrument inventor (died )
 * , Polish nobleman (died )
 * probable
 * , English translator (died )
 * , Dutch painter (died )
 * , Dutch spectacle-maker (died )
 * , Scottish soldier (died )
 * , French Huguenot leader (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Italian composer (born )
 * - King (born )
 * -, Japanese retainer (b. )
 * -, Polish noblewoman (born )
 * -, Portuguese poet (born c)
 * -, Polish noblewoman (born )
 * -, German politician and diplomat (born )
 * -, Italian architect (born )
 * -, Portuguese historian (b. )
 * - (born )
 * -, Spanish historian (born )
 * -, English composer (born )
 * -, Italian cardinal (b. )
 * date unknown
 * , English nobleman (born )
 * , Italian anatomist (born )
 * , Scottish chronicler (born c1532)
 * , Japanese general (born )
 * , Spanish priest and writer on chess (born )
 * , Spanish conquistadora (born )
 * , English poet and farmer (born )
 * probable
 * , English dramatist (born )


 * See also .