What happened in 1578?
36 recorded events in 1578, including 19 in wars & conflicts, 8 in people and 4 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 19
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Battle of Alcácer Quibir
1578 battle in Morocco
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Ottoman–Safavid War
1578–1590 war between Safavid Persia and the Ottoman Empire
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Castille War
1578 war between Brunei and Spain
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Battles of Wenden
1578 battle
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Battle of Gembloux
1578 battle during the Eighty Years' War
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Battle of Çıldır
1578 battle
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Siege of Miki
1578 siege
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Battle of Mimigawa
1578 battle
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Siege of Gvozdansko
1578 siege of the Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War
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Siege of Kōzuki Castle
1578 siege of Kozuki Castle in Japan
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Siege of Otate
1578 siege
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Battle of Rijmenam
1578 battle
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Siege of Deventer in 1578
By George van Lalaing, better known as the count of Rennenberg
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Battle of Mollahasanli
1578 battle
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Battle of Koyun Gecidi
1578 battle
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Siege of Shamakhi
1578 siege
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Battle of Addi Qarro
1578 battle
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Battle of the Spoiling Dyke
1578 battle in the Highlands of Scotland
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Battle of Kota Batu
1578 battle
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People 8
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Pedro Nunes died
Portuguese mathematician (1502–1578)
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Hernando Pizarro died
Spanish conquistador
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Thomas Doughty died
English explorer
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Juan Jufré died
Spanish conquistador
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Antoine Mizauld died
French astronomer and physician
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Philip III of Spain born
Born in Madrid. King of Castilla and León and King of Aragon and Portugal (1578-1621).
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John Webster born
Born in London. English dramatist (1578-1634).
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Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari born
Born in Tlemcen. Maghrebi scholar from Tlemcen, biographer and historian.
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Science & Technology 1
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University of Altdorf
Cultural heritage monument in Landkreis Nürnberger Land, Bavaria, Germany
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque
Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Oliwa Cathedral
Cathedral
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Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue
Orthodox synagogue in Safed, Israel
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Architecture & Engineering 4
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Gregorian Tower
Tower in Vatican City
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St. Salvator Church
Church in Prague
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Igreja de São João Evangelista
Church building in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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Leicester's Church (remains)
Grade I listed building in Denbigh, Denbighshire
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Empires & Countries 1
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Kingdom of Livonia dissolved
Kingdom of Livonia ceased to exist, having been centered at Põltsamaa.
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