1573
*January - articles of
Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland.
*
July 6 -
Córdoba, Argentina is founded by
Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
*
July 12 - Spanish forces under the
Duke of Alva capture
Haarlem after a seven month siege.
*August-October - Unsuccessful siege of
Alkmaar by Alva
*November - Alva
resigns as Spanish Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in the Netherlands, and is succeeded by
Luis de Requesens, who attempts to pursue a more conciliatory policy.
*End of the
Fourth War of Religion in France.
*
November 15 -
Santa Fe, Argentina is founded by
Juan de Garay.
*
Oda Nobunaga drives the 15th Ashikaga shogun
Ashikaga Yoshiaki out of
Kyoto, effectively destroying the Ashikaga shogunate and historically ending the
Muromachi period. The
Azuchi-Momoyama period of
Japan begins.
*
Sarsa Dengel, emperor of
Ethiopia, defeats the
Oromo in a battle near
Lake Zway.
*
January 10 -
Simon Marius, German astronomer (died
1624)
*
April 17 -
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (died
1651)
*
April 26 -
Marie de' Medici, queen of
Henry IV of France (d.
1642)
*
July 15 -
Inigo Jones, English architect (died
1652)
*
July 25 -
Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (died
1650)
*
September 28 - Michelangelo Merisi da
Caravaggio, violent Italian artist (died
1610)
*
October 7 -
William Laud,
Archbishop of Canterbury (died
1645)
*
Ambrosius Bosschaert, Dutch painter (died
1621)
*
Pietro Carrera, Sicilian chess player, priest and painter (died
1647)
*
Robert Catesby, English leader of the
Gunpowder Plot (died
1605)
*
Odoardo Farnese, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy (died
1626)
*
Ukita Hideie, Japanese daimyo (died
1655)
*
Richard Johnson, English romance writer (died
1659)
*
Johannes Junius, Burgomeister of Bamberg (died
1628)
*
John Kendrick, English merchant (died
1624)
*
Oeyo, wife of Tokugawa Hidetada
*
Juan Pujol, Catalan composer and organist (died
1626)
*
Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, natural son of Charles IX of France (died
1650)
See also :Category: 1573 births.*
March 13 -
Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman (born
1505)
*
May 13 -
Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b.
1521)
*
July 29 -
John Caius, English physician (born
1510)
*
August 14 -
Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (born
1548)
*
September 23 -
Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (born
1524)
*
October 27 -
Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b.
1499)
*
December 30 -
Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian novelist and poet (born
1504)
*
Pieter Aertsen, Dutch historical painter (born
1507)
*
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Spanish philosopher and theologian (born
1494)
*
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, English Lord High Admiral (born
1510)
*
Etienne Jodelle, French dramatist and poet (born
1532)
*
Shimazu Katsuhisa, Japanese nobleman
*
Michel de L'Hospital, Chancellor of France (born
1505)
*
Takeda Nobutora, Japanese warlord
*
Wigbolt Ripperda, Mayor of Haarlem
*
Paul Skalic, Croatian encyclopedist (born
1534)
*
Reginald Wolfe, English printer
*
Murakami Yoshikiyo, Japanese warlord (born
1501)
See also :Category: 1573 deaths.
