1572
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| Years: 1569 1570 1571 - 1572 - 1573 1574 1575 | |
| Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century 1572 in literature 1572 in science | |
Events
- January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
- April 1 - The Sea Beggars, Netherlandish Calvinist rebels, capture the port city of Brielle. This leads to a wave of uprisings in Holland and Zealand, leaving most of those provinces (with the exception of Amsterdam), under rebel control.
- June 25 - The Sea Beggars capture the city Gorkum. Several Roman Catholic priests are put into a prison.
- July 9 - The Sea Beggars hang 19 previously imprisoned Roman Catholic priests at Brielle.
- August 18 - Wedding in Paris of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre with Marguerite de France, sister of King Charles, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
- August 24 - St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris. Catholics in Paris murder thousands of Protestants, including Gaspard de Coligny, at the order of King Charles IX. Henry of Navarre and the Prince of Condé barely escape the same fate. This brings about the Fourth War of Religion in France.
- December - The Duke of Alva, Spanish commander in the Netherlands, lays siege to Haarlem.
- Ending of the Muromachi period in Japan
- Tycho Brahe observes the supernova SN 1572 in Cassiopeia
- Vilcabamba, last independent remnant of the Inca Empire, conquered by Spanish
Births
- February 27 - Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1632)
- April 14 - Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1632)
- June 11 - Ben Jonson, English dramatist (died 1637)
- December 31 - Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (died 1617)
- Francis van Aarssens (died 1641)
- Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania and of the Holy Roman Empire (died 1613)
- Johann Bayer, German astronomer (died 1625)
- Alonso de la Cueva, Spanish diplomat (died 1655)
- Arend Dickmann, Dutch admiral in the Polish Navy (died 1627)
- John Donne, English writer and prelate (died 1631)
- John Floyd, English Jesuit (died 1649)
- Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer (died 1607)
- Cyril Lucaris, Greek prelate and theologian (died 1637)
- James Mabbe, English scholar and poet (died 1642)
- Johann Sigismund, Duke of Prussia (died 1619)
- Thomas Tomkins, English composer (died 1656)
Deaths
- February 23 - Pierre Certon, French composer
- February 28 - Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)
- March 2 - Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
- March 10 - William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester
- May 1 - Pope Pius V (born 1504)
- June 9 - Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (born 1528)
- August 5 - Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)
- August 24 - Victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre:
- Gaspard de Coligny, French protestant leader (born 1519)
- Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist scholar (born 1515)
- Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (born 1535)
- August 27 - Claude Goudimel, French composer (killed) (born 1510)
- September 24 - Tupac Amaru, last of the Incas
- October 24 - Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (born 1508)
- November 23 - Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian artist and poet (b. 1503)
- November 24 - John Knox, Scottish religious reformer (born 1513)
- December 23 - Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (born 1512)
- Francis Borgia, Italian Jesuit (born 1510)
- François Clouet, French miniaturist
- Longqing Emperor of China
- Matthias Flacius, Lutheran reformer (born 1520)
- Richard Grafton, English merchant
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (born 1516)
- Moses Isserles, rabbi and Talmudist (born 1530)
- Denis Lambin, French classical scholar (born 1520)
- Miguel López de Legaspi, Spanish conquistador of the Philippines (born 1510)
- John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar, regent of Scotland
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Polish scholar (born 1503)
- Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese author and writer (born 1500)
- Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 1536)
- King Sigismund II of Poland (born 1520)
- Christopher Tye, English composer and organist (born 1505)
- Yasumi Naomasa, Japanese military commander
- Stanislaw Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (born 1519)
