Historical Events In 1579

Jan 04   On this day in history willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar  

Jan 06   On this day in history artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras  

Jan 07   In the year 1579 england signs an offensive & defensive alliance with Netherland  

Jan 07   On this day in history england signs an offensive &defensive alliance with the Netherlands  

Jan 12   On this day in history jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, (found boiling point temperature)  

Jan 23   In the year 1579 union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic  

Jan 25   On this day in history treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic  

Feb 09   On this day in history john Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian  

Mar 05   Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht on this day in history.  

Mar 06   On this day in history veluwe joins Union of Utrecht  

Mar 07   Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands in the year 1579.  

Mar 23   Friesland joins Union of Utrecht on this day in history.  

Apr 11   Venlo joins Union of Utrecht in the year 1579.  

Apr 12   In the year 1579 francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France  

May 07   On this day in history congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands  

May 17   In the year 1579 artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian  

Jun 17   In the year 1579 anti-English uprising in Ireland  

Jun 17   Sir Francis Drake lands on the coast of California and heads north in the year 1579.  

Jun 30   In the year 1579 mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary  

Jul 08   In the year 1579 our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.  

Jul 21   On this day in history mechelen surrenders to duke of Parma  

Jul 25   Valerius Otto, composer in the year 1579.  

Jul 26   Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean on this day in history.  

Jul 28   Cardinal Granvelle returns to Madrid in the year 1579.  

Jul 29   In the year 1579 antwerp request union with of Utrecht  

Aug 08   In the year 1579 cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory  

Aug 17   Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I on this day in history.  

Aug 18   In the year 1579 charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange  

Aug 24   On this day in history john Amner, composer  

Sep 13   Breda forms Union of Utrecht on this day in history.  

Oct 24   On this day in history albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51  

Nov 11   Frans Snyders, Flemish animal painter on this day in history.  

Nov 21   Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier in the year 1579.  

Nov 22   Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist in the year 1579.  

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Jan 04   In the year 1579 birth of willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar  

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of john Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian  

Apr 12   On this day in history birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France  

Jul 13   In the year 1579 birth of arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651)  

Jul 25   Valerius Otto, composer was born on this day in history.  

Aug 01   On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)  

Aug 18   On this day in history birth of charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange  

Aug 24   In the year 1579 birth of john Amner, composer  

Feb 20   In the year 1579 death of nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)  

Jun 25   In the year 1579 death of hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1541)  

Jun 30   On this day in history death of mehmed Pasha Sokolović, Turkish Janissary  

Aug 05   On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)  

Oct 24   Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51 in the year 1579.  

Nov 15   Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian religious reformer (b. 1510) died on this day in history.  

Nov 21   Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier died on this day in history.  

Dec 21   In the year 1579 death of vicente Masip, Spanish painter