What happened in 1580?
War of the Portuguese Succession, Battle of Alcântara and Siege of Velikiye Luki — among 52 events recorded in 1580. A further 5 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 12
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Colonization of Siberia
Process of incorporation Siberia and Northern Far East into Russia since 1550s untill 1700s
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Battle of Alcântara
1580 battle
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Siege of Velikiye Luki
1580 siege
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Battle of Glenmalure
1580 battle of the Second Desmond Rebellion
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Battle of Omosu
1580 battle
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Siege of Steenwijk
1580 siege
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Siege of Smerwick
Siege and massacre during the Second Desmond Rebellion, 1580
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Battle of Toropets
1580 battle
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Capture of Porto
1580 battle
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Siege of Carrigafoyle Castle
1580 siege
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War of the Portuguese Succession
1580-1583 armed conflict in Portugal
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English Fury at Mechelen
1580 sacking of city in Belgium
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Politics & Government 2
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Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours
1580 treaty between the Dutch Staten Generaal and François, Duke of Anjou
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Treaty of Fleix
1580 treaty between France and the Huguenots
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People 17
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Patriarch Metrophanes III of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Friedrich Risner died
German mathematician
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Rodrigo de Quiroga died
Galician-Spanish conquistador general
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Juan Bautista Pastene died
Genoese explorer
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Afonso Álvares died
Portuguese architect and engineer
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Jos Murer died
Swiss author
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Juan de Alcega died
Spanish 16th century mathematician
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Issachar ben Mordecai ibn Susan died
Palestinian mathematician
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John Smith born
Born in Willoughby. English soldier, explorer, writer (1580–1631).
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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc born
Born in Belgentier. French astronomer (1580–1637).
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Peter Minuit born
Born in Wesel. Third director-general of New Netherland, founder of the Swedish colony of New Sweden in 1638 (1580–1638).
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Thomas Middleton born
Born in London. English playwright and poet.
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Ernst von Mansfeld born
Born in Luxembourg. German noble and military commander (c.1580-1626).
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Matei Basarab born
Born in Brâncoveni. Voivode of Wallachia.
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Henry I of Portugal died
Died in Almeirim. King of Portugal.
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Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain died
Died in Badajoz. Queen consort of Spain (1549-1580).
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Gabriel Bethlen born
Born in Ilia. Elected King of Hungary, Prince of Transylvania and Hungarian Protestant military leader (1580–1629).
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Science & Technology 2
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Jesuit College in Polotsk
College in Polotsk, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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Saint Thomas Aquinas University
Private catholic university in Colombia
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Religion & Belief Systems 7
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Saint Nicholas Monastery, Arzamas
Monastery in Arzamas, Russia
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Uspensky Trifonov Monastery
Eastern orthodox monastery in Kirov, Russia
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San Martino Parish Church
Church building in pura in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland
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Església de Sant Bartomeu
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Church of Saint Michael Paulista
Church building in São Paulo
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Renpuku-ji Temple
Buddhist temple of the Kempon Hokke sect dedicated to Gohonzon of Nichiren in Mobara, Japan
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Adzom Monastery
Tibetan monastery in Baiyü county, Garzê, Sichuan, China
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1580 Dover Straits earthquake
Magnitude 5 Earthquake (6 April 1580) affecting England and France
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Architecture & Engineering 10
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Palazzo Chigi
Building in Rome, Italy
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Sant'Atanasio
Church in Rome
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Santa Maria ai Monti
Titular church in Rome
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Our Lady of Victories Parish Church
Church in Senglea, Malta
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Santa Maria della Colonna, Naples
Church
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Casa Rocca Piccola
Museum palace
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Litang Monastery
Building in Litang County, China
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Abbot's Tower
Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
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Tönning Castle
Former château in Tönning, Germany
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Sint-Quintinuskerk
Church in Oostkerke (Damme), Belgium
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Empires & Countries 1
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Buenos Aires founded
Buenos Aires was founded.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 5 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 1580 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 1580.
1580s 5
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Palazzo Giustiniani
Palace in Rome, Italy
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Tygyn Darkhan born
Born in Toejmaäda. A chief of the Kangalas clan.
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Attock Fort
Fort in Punjab, Pakistan
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Toyotomi government founded
Toyotomi government was founded, with its capital at Osaka.
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Friedhofskapelle Hochhausen
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