What happened in 1580?
33 recorded events in 1580, including 14 in people, 10 in wars & conflicts and 6 in architecture & engineering. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 10
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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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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 14
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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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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 6
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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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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1580 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1580.
1580s 1
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Palazzo Giustiniani
Palace in Rome, Italy
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