1582
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January 15 -
Russia cedes
Livonia and
Estonia to
Poland.
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February 24 -
Pope Gregory XIII implements the
Gregorian Calendar.
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April 16 -
Spanish conquistador
Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of
Salta,
Argentina.
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June 21 -
Incident at Honnoji in
Kyoto,
Japan.
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October 4 of
Julian calendar (Thursday) -
Italy,
Poland,
Portugal, and
Spain make the next day Friday,
October 15 of the
Gregorian Calendar, skipping over 10 days. Other countries follow at various later dates.
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November 28 - In
Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 year-old
William Shakespeare and 26 year-old
Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their
marriage license (
Shakespeare would later become one of the greatest playwrights in history).
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December 9 of
Julian calendar (Sunday) -
France makes the next day Monday,
December 20 of the
Gregorian Calendar.
*
Tibet, Foundation of
Kumbum.
*
China,
Jesuit Matteo Ricci is allowed to enter
China.
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January 28 -
John Barclay, Scottish satirist and Latin poet (died
1621)
*
May 1 -
Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (died
1643)
*
May 28 -
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (died
1662)
*
August 28 -
Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (died
1620)
*
October 17 -
Johann Gerhard, Lutheran church leader (died
1637)
*
October 19 -
Dmitri Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d.
1591)
*
November 27 -
Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (died
1651)
*
December 23 -
Severo Bonini, Italian composer (died
1663)
*
Giovanni Francesco Abela, Maltese writer (died
1655)
*
Giulio Alenio, Italian Jesuit missionary (died
1649)
*
Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (died
1652)
*
John Bainbridge, English astronomer (died
1648)
*
Richard Corbet, English poet (died
1635)
*
William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh (died
1643)
*
Phineas Fletcher, English poet (died
1650)
*
Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Italian Baroque composer (died
1609)
*
Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (died
1602)
*
Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (died
1629)
*
William Juxon,
Archbishop of Canterbury (died
1663)
*
William Lithgow, Scottish traveller (died
1645)
*
François Maynard, French poet (died
1646)
*
Thomas Moulson, Lord Mayor of London (died
1638)
*
David Teniers the Elder, Flemish painter (died
1649)
*
Francis Windebank, English politician (died
1646)
*
Jakub Zadzik, Polish nobleman and diplomat (died
1642)
See also :Category: 1582 births.*
January 26 -
Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist scholar (born
1499)
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March 18 -
Juan Jauregui, attempted assassin of
William I of Orange (born
1562)
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April 3 -
Takeda Katsuyori, Japanese nobleman (born
1546)
*
June 21 -
Oda Nobutada, Japanese samurai and warrior (born
1534)
*
June 21 -
Anayama Nobukimi, Japanese military commander (born
1541)
*
June 23 -
Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military commander (born
1537)
*
July 2 -
Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord (born
1528)
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September 28 -
George Buchanan, Scottish humanist scholar (born
1506)
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October 4 - Saint
Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (born
1515)
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Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish general (born
1507)
*
Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty
*
James Crichton, Scottish scholar (born
1560)
*
Giocangga, chieftain of the Jurchens
*
Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French mathematician (born
1517)
*
Hans Hendrik van Paesschen, Flemish architect (born
1510)
See also :Category: 1582 deaths.
