1581
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January 16 -
English Parliament outlaws
Roman Catholicism*
April 4 -
Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by
Elizabeth I.
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July 26 - The Northern
Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the
Oath of Abjuration. They abjure loyalty to
Philip II of Spain as their sovereign and become a Republic.
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Robert Browne and his
Brownist companions were obliged to leave
England and went to
Middelburg, in the
Netherlands. See
Congregational church*
Russia begins the conquest of Siberia
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Finland becomes a
grand duchy.
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January 4 -
James Ussher, Anglo-Irish priest and scholar (died
1656)
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February 17 -
Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d.
1653)
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March 16 -
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian (died
1647)
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October 9 -
Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (died
1638)
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October 21 -
Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (died
1641)
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Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican dramatist (died
1639)
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Gasparo Aselli, Italian physician (died
1626)
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Sisto Badalocchio, Italian painter and engraver (died
1647)
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Jeremias Drexel, Jesuit writer of devotional literature
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Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (died
1621)
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Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, French monk who introduced Jansenism into France (died
1643)
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Charles Malapert, Belgian Jesuit writer (died
1630)
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Lukasz Opalinski, Polish nobleman (died
1654)
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Thomas Overbury, English poet and essayist (died
1613)
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Johannes Rudbeckius, bishop at Västerås (died
1646)
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Choghtu Khong Tayiji, ruler of the Khalkha Mongols (died
1637)
See also :Category: 1581 births.*
June 2 -
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland (born
1525)
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July 11 -
Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval officer (born
1500)
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August 21 -
Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (born
1527)
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September 1 -
Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (born
1534)
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September 30 -
Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (born
1518)
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October 23 -
Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b.
1529)
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November 7 -
Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
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December 1 -
Edmund Campion, English Jesuit (martyred) (born
1540)
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December 1 -
Ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (martyred) (born
1550)
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Christopher Bathory, prince of Transylvania (born
1530)
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Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Spanish conquistador
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Richard Cox, English bishop (born
1500)
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Jan Kostka, Polish noble
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Motonobu Okabe, Japanese warrior
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Guillaume Postel, French linguist (born
1510)
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Nicholas Sander, English Catholic propagandist (born
1530)
See also :Category: 1581 deaths.
