1584
1584 was a
leap year starting on Sunday of the
Gregorian calendar or a
leap year starting on Wednesday of the
Julian calendar.
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June 1 - With the death of the
Duc d'Anjou, the
Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France.
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July 5 -
Maronite College established in Rome
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July 10 -
William I of Orange assassinated
* Dates between
October 5 -
14 ignored in the
Gregorian Calendar* The first translation of the complete
Bible into
Slovenian language:
Bibilija, tu je vse svetu pismu stariga inu noviga testamenta, slovenski tolmačena skuzi Jurija Dalmatina (
Wittenberg), i.e. The Bible, it is a Complete Holy Scripture of the Old and of the New Testament, Translated into Slovenian by
Jurij Dalmatin.
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Archangelsk is founded in northern
Russia.
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Feodor I succeeds his father
Ivan IV as Tsar of
Russia*
Latin Book of Concord published in
Germany*
Ghent falls to the
Spanish.
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January 29 -
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (died
1647)
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March 29 -
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English parliamentary general (died
1648)
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April 13 -
Albert VI of Bavaria (died
1666)
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August 13 -
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (died
1640)
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December 16 -
John Selden, English jurist (died
1654)
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William Baffin, English explorer (died
1622)
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Francis Beaumont, English dramatist (died
1616)
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Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (died
1629)
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Matthias Gallas, Austrian soldier (died
1647)
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John Hales, English theologian (died
1656)
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Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (died
1643)
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Mathieu Molé, French statesman (died
1656)
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Herman Wrangel, Swedish soldier and politician (died
1643)
See also :Category: 1584 births.*
January 4 -
Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and drawer (b.
1539)
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March 10 -
Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (born
1532)
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March 18 - Tsar
Ivan IV of Russia (born
1530)
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May 18 -
Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese military commander (born
1559)
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May 18 -
Ikeda Tsuneoki, Japanese daimyo and military commander (born
1536)
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June 19 -
François, Duke of Anjou (born
1555)
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July 10 -
William I of Orange (assassinated) (born
1533)
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July 12 -
Steven Borough, English explorer (b.
1525)
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July 23 -
John Day, English Protestant printer (born
1522)
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August 22 -
Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (born
1530)
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November 4 -
Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (born
1538)
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Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll, Scottish nobleman and politician (born
1541)
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Sir James Balfour, Scottish judge and politician
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Jan Borukowski, royal secretary of Poland (born
1524)
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Balthasar Gérard, French assassin of
William I of Orange (born
1557)
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Yi I of Joseon, Korean Confucian scholar (born
1536)
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Mikolaj Rudy Radziwill, Polish magnate (born
1512)
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Carolus Sigonius, Italian humanist (born
1524)
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Francis Throckmorton, conspirator against Queen Elizabeth I of England (born
1554)
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Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa, viceroy of Peru (born
1515)
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Michal Wisniowiecki, prince at Wiśniowiec (born
1529)
See also :Category: 1584 deaths.
