What happened in 1579?
31 recorded events in 1579, including 11 in people, 7 in wars & conflicts and 5 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 7
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Tenshō Iga War
Invasions of Iga province by forces under Oda Nobunaga
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Siege of Itami
1579 siege
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Siege of Maastricht
Siege and capture of Maastricht by Alexander Farnese during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648)
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Battle of Borgerhout
1579 battle of the Eighty Years' War
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Siege of Polotsk
1579 siege
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Battle of Mimaomote
1579 battle
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Siege of Anzele
1579 siege
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Politics & Government 3
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Union of Utrecht
Treaty signed in Utrecht, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, until then under the control of Habsburg Spain
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Union of Arras
16th-century alliance of Netherlands provinces
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Treaty of Arras
1579 peace treaty between Spain and Parma
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People 11
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada died
Founder of Bogotá
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Hans Staden died
German conquistador
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David XI of Kartli died
King of Kartli
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Alessandro Piccolomini died
Italian writer and philosopher, titular archbishop of Patrae
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Cornelius Gemma died
Dutch astronomer and astrologer
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Johannes Stadius died
Astronomer, astrologer, mathematician
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Ulrich Schmidl died
German explorer, Landsknecht, conquistador, chronicler and councilman
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Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs died
Austrian scholar
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Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg born
Born in Q495745. Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (1579-1666).
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Johannes Meursius born
Born in Loosduinen. Dutch philologist and historian.
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Guido Bentivoglio born
Born in Ferrara. Italian cardinal and diplomat (1579–1644).
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Ferhat Pasha Mosque
Mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Grand Mosque of Tarsus
Mosque in Turkey
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Pertev Paşa Mosque
Mosque in İzmit, Kocaeli
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Economy & Trade 1
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Vilnius University
Public research university in Vilnius, Lithuania
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Architecture & Engineering 5
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Erdene Zuu Monastery
Monastery
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Santa Maria della Concezione a Montecalvario, Naples
Church building in Napels, Italy
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Santa Catalina Monastery
Monastery
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San Giovannino degli Scolopi
Church building in Florence, Italy
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Sanctuary of the Madonna del Pilastrello, Lendinara
Religious building in Lendinara, Italy
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Empires & Countries 1
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Duchy of the Archipelago dissolved
Duchy of the Archipelago ceased to exist, having been centered at Naxos.
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