1578
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January 31 -
Battle of Gembloers:
Spanish forces under
Don John of Austria and
Alexander Farnese defeat the
Dutch.
Don John begins to recover control of the
French-speaking
Southern Netherlands.
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May 31 -
Martin Frobisher sails from
Harwich,
England to
Frobisher Bay,
Canada, eventually to mine
fool's gold, used to pave streets in
London.
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August 4 -
Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir - The
Moroccans defeat the
Portuguese. King
Sebastian I of Portugal is defeated and killed in
North Africa, leaving his elderly uncle,
Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in
Portugal.
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October 1 -
Alexander Farnese,
Prince of Parma, succeeds
Don John as
Spanish Governor-General of the
Netherlands.
*
Martin Frobisher held the first celebration of
Thanksgiving by
Europeans in
North America at
Newfoundland by the
Frobisher Expedition.
*
Tibet -
Sonam Gyrso receives from prince
Atlan Khan the title of "
Talaï" and becomes the third
Dalai Lama.
*
Battle of Wenden: The
Russians are defeated by the
Swedes, who proceed to take
Polotsk.
*The
Ottoman Empire conquers
Abkhazia.
*Sixth and so far the last outbreak of the
sweating sickness in
England.
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Emperor Sarsa Dengel of
Ethiopia kills
Bahr negus Yeshaq, finally ending his rebellion.
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March 2 -
George Sandys, English traveller (died
1644)
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April 1 -
William Harvey, English physician (died
1657)
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April 14 - King
Philip III of Spain (died
1621)
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May 16 -
Everard Digby, English conspirator (died
1606)
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July 9 -
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (died
1637)
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August 17 -
Francesco Albani, Italian painter (died
1660)
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November 1 -
Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (died
1642)
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December 2 -
Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (died
1640)
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Giambattista Andreini, Italian actor and playwright (died
1650)
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Yamada Arinaga, Japanese retainer of Shimazu clan
*
Benedetto Castelli, Italian scientist (died
1643)
*
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer (died
1640)
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Robert Cushman, Plymouth Colony settler (died
1625)
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Matahei Iwasa, Japanese painter (died
1650)
*
Samuel Jordan, American colonial legislator (died
1623)
*
Charles de Luynes, first duke of Chaulnes (died
1621)
*
Grzegorz IV Radziwill, Polish magnate (died
1613)
*
François Ravaillac, killer of Henry IV of France (died
1610)
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Ambrose Rokewood, English
Gunpowder Plot conspirator (died
1606)
*
Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland (died
1632)
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Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimyo (died
1604)
See also :Category: 1578 births.*
February 5 -
Giambattista Moroni, Italian painter (born
1510)
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March 7 -
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (born
1515)
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March 29 -
Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (born
1524)
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March 29 -
Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (born
1527)
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April 14 -
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of
Mary I of Scotland (born
1535)
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April 19 -
Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (born
1530)
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August 4 - King
Sebastian I of Portugal (born
1554)
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August 4 -
Thomas Stucley, English adventurer (born
1525)
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August 11 -
Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (born
1502)
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October 1 -
Don John of Austria, military leader (born
1547)
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Giorgio Giulio Clovio, Italian painter (born
1498)
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Cornelis Cort, Dutch engraver (born
1536)
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Thomas Doughty, English explorer
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Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York and
Lord Chancellor (born
1501)
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Amago Katsuhisa, Japanese nobleman (born
1553)
*
Ikeda Katsumasa, Japanese military commander (born
1539)
*
Juraj Julije Klovic, Dalmatian painter (born
1498)
*
Pierre Lescot, French architect (born
1510)
*
Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (born
1520)
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Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi,
King of MoroccoSee also :Category: 1578 deaths.
