What happened in 1579?

Tenshō Iga War

Wars & Conflicts · Iga Province

Invasions of Iga province by forces under Oda Nobunaga

Siege of Itami

Wars & Conflicts · Itami Castle

1579 siege

Siege of Maastricht

Wars & Conflicts · Maastricht

Siege and capture of Maastricht by Alexander Farnese during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648)

Battle of Borgerhout

Wars & Conflicts · Borgerhout

1579 battle of the Eighty Years' War

Siege of Polotsk

Wars & Conflicts · Polatsak

1579 siege

Battle of Mimaomote

Wars & Conflicts · Iyo Province

1579 battle

Siege of Anzele

Wars & Conflicts · Caxito

1579 siege

Union of Utrecht

Politics & Government

Treaty signed in Utrecht, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, until then under the control of Habsburg Spain

Union of Arras

Politics & Government

16th-century alliance of Netherlands provinces

Treaty of Arras

Politics & Government · Arras

1579 peace treaty between Spain and Parma

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada died

People · Mariquita

Founder of Bogotá

Hans Staden died

People · Wolfhagen

German conquistador

David XI of Kartli died

People · Istanbul

King of Kartli

Alessandro Piccolomini died

People · Siena

Italian writer and philosopher, titular archbishop of Patrae

Cornelius Gemma died

People · Leuven

Dutch astronomer and astrologer

Johannes Stadius died

People · Paris

Astronomer, astrologer, mathematician

Ulrich Schmidl died

People · Regensburg

German explorer, Landsknecht, conquistador, chronicler and councilman

Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs died

People · Freiburg im Breisgau

Austrian scholar

Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg born

People

Born. Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (1579-1666).

Johannes Meursius born

People · Loosduinen

Born in Loosduinen. Dutch philologist and historian.

Guido Bentivoglio born

People · Ferrara

Born in Ferrara. Italian cardinal and diplomat (1579–1644).

Stanislaus Hosius died

People · Capranica

Died in Capranica. Catholic cardinal (1504-1579).

Vali Muhammad Khan born

People · Bukhara

Born in Bukhara. Ashtarkhanid leader.

Baqi Muhammad born

People · Bukhara

Born in Bukhara. Leader of the Khanate of Bukhara from 1599 to 1605.

Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa expedition to the Patagonian channels and Strait of Magellan

Exploration & Discovery · Strait of Magellan

Spanish exploration expedition to the Patagonian channels and the Strait of Magellan (1579–1580)

Ferhat Pasha Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Grand Mosque of Tarsus

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Turkey

Pertev Paşa Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in İzmit, Kocaeli

Kazansky Bogoroditsky Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Gottesackerkapelle

Religion & Belief Systems · Crailsheim

Sacred Heart church in Starogard

Religion & Belief Systems

St. Katharinen

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Naundorf, Germany

Vilnius University

Economy & Trade · Vilnius

Public research university in Vilnius, Lithuania

Erdene Zuu Monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Monastery

Santa Maria della Concezione a Montecalvario, Naples

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Napels, Italy

Santa Catalina Monastery

Architecture & Engineering · Arequipa District

Monastery

San Giovannino degli Scolopi

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Florence, Italy

Sanctuary of the Madonna del Pilastrello, Lendinara

Architecture & Engineering

Religious building in Lendinara, Italy

Fort of São Julião da Barra

Architecture & Engineering · Oeiras e São Julião da Barra

Cultural heritage monument in Oeiras, Portugal

Panzerlachs

Architecture & Engineering

Fortification in Vyborg, Russia

Komaru Castle

Architecture & Engineering

Castle in Japan

Church of Saint Stefan in Polack

Architecture & Engineering

fontaine de Birague

Architecture & Engineering

Former fountain in Paris, France

Duchy of the Archipelago dissolved

Empires & Countries · Naxos

Duchy of the Archipelago ceased to exist, having been centered at Naxos.