What happened in 1572?
41 recorded events in 1572, including 16 in people, 13 in wars & conflicts and 4 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 13
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Battle of Molodi
1572 battle
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Siege of Haarlem
1572–1573 siege in the Northern Netherlands
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Capture of Brielle
Capture of Brielle (Wars & Conflicts).
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Siege of La Rochelle
Siege of 1573
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Relief of Goes
1572 battle of the Eighty Years' War
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Siege of Mons
1572 siege
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Siege of Futamata
1572 siege
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Siege of Iwamura Castle
1572 battle in Japan
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Spanish Fury at Mechelen
1572 sack
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Siege of Middelburg
1572 siege
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Battle of Kizaki
1572 battle
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Siege of Navarino
1572 military engagement between Holy league and Ottomans
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Siege of Sancerre
1572 siege
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Blois
1572 treaty between England and France
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People 16
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Miguel López de Legazpi died
16th-century Spanish conquistador, navigator, and colonial governor
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Pius V died
16th‑century Italian pope and Catholic saint, leading Counter‑Reformation reformer
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Pierre de la Place died
16th-century French Huguenot martyr
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Petrus Ramus died
French philosopher
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Rafael Bombelli died
Italian mathematician
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Girolamo Maggi died
Italian scholar and scientist
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Cosimo Bartoli died
Italian diplomat, mathematician, philologist and humanist
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Johannes Buteo died
Circa 1492-circa 1572
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Mem de Sá died
Brazilian politician
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Juan Cano de Saavedra died
Spanish conquistador
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Francisco de Montejo died
Spanish conqueror (1514-1572)
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Giovanni Sallustio Peruzzi died
Italian architect
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Johannes Kepler born
Born in Weil der Stadt. German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630).
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John Donne born
Born in London. English poet and cleric (1572-1631).
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Ben Jonson born
Born in Westminster. English playwright, poet, and actor (1572-1637).
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Thomas Dekker born
Born in London. English dramatist and pamphleteer.
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Science & Technology 1
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University of Pont-à-Mousson
Former French university
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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1572 papal conclave
Papal conclave convoked after the death of Pius V
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Al-Shorafaa Mosque
Mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco
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Behram Pasha Mosque
Ottoman mosque
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Economy & Trade 1
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Herzog August Library
Library in Wolfenbüttel, Germany
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Architecture & Engineering 4
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Klara Church
Church in central Stockholm, Sweden
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San Gregorio Armeno
Church
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San Pietro in Banchi, Genoa
Church building in Genoa, Italy
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Madonna di Loreto, Spoleto
Church building in Spoleto, Italy
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Empires & Countries 2
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Neo-Inca State dissolved
Neo-Inca State ceased to exist, having been centered at Vilcabamba.
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Duchy of Bielsko founded
Duchy of Bielsko was founded.
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