1582
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| Years: 1579 1580 1581 - 1582 - 1583 1584 1585 | |
| Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland
- February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15, skipping over 10 days. Other countries follow at various later dates.
- 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).
- June 21 - Incident at Honnoji in Kyoto, Japan
- Tibet, Foundation of Kumbum
- China, Jesuit Matteo Ricci is allowed to enter China
Births
- 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)
- October 17 - Johann Gerhard, Lutheran church leader (died 1637)
- October 19 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsraevich (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)
- Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China
- Phineas Fletcher, English poet (died 1650)
- Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Italian Baroque composer (died 1609)
- Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord
- Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (died 1629)
- Dmitry Ivanovich, Russian tsarevich
- 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)
Deaths
- January 26 - Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist scholar (born 1499)
- March 18 - Juan Jauregui, attempted assassin of William I of Orange (born 1562)
- June 21 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (born 1534)
- June 23 - Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military commander (born 1537)
- July 2 - Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
- September 28 - George Buchanan, Scottish humanist scholar (born 1506)
- October 4 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (born 1515)
- 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
- Takeda Katsuyori, Japanese nobleman
- Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French mathematician (born 1517)
- Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1628)
- Anayama Nobukimi, Japanese military commander
- Oda Nobutada, Japanese samurai and warrior
- Hans Hendrik van Paesschen, Flemish architect (born 1510)
