- 1578
Year 1578 was a
common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events of 1578
*January 31 -Battle of Gembloux : Spanish forces underDon John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch. Alexander Farnese begins to recover control of the French-speakingSouthern Netherlands .
*April 27 - TheDuel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favorites ofHenry III of France and two favourites ofHenry I, Duke of Guise .
*May 31 -Martin Frobisher sails fromHarwich ,England toFrobisher Bay ,Canada , eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets inLondon .
*August 4 -Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir : TheMoors defeat the Portuguese. KingSebastian I of Portugal is defeated and killed inNorth Africa , leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis inPortugal .
*October 1 - Alessandro Farnese succeedsDon John as SpanishGovernor-General of theNetherlands .Undated
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Martin Frobisher holds the first celebration ofThanksgiving by Europeans inNorth America at Newfoundland by the Frobisher Expedition.
* Sonam Gyrso receives from prince Atlan Khan the title of "Talaï", and becomes the thirdDalai Lama ofTibet .
*Battle of Wenden : TheRussians are defeated by the Swedes, who proceed to takePolotsk .
* TheOttoman Empire conquersAbkhazia .
* The sixth and so far last outbreak of thesweating sickness occurs inEngland .
* EmperorSarsa Dengel ofEthiopia killsBahr negus Yeshaq , finally ending his rebellion.Births
*March 2 -George Sandys , English traveller (d.1644 )
*April 1 -William Harvey , English physician (d.1657 )
*April 14 - KingPhilip III of Spain (d.1621 )
*May 16 -Everard Digby , English conspirator (d.1606 )
*July 9 -Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d.1637 )
*August 5 -Charles de Luynes , first duke of Chaulnes (d.1621 )
*August 17 -Francesco Albani , Italian painter (d.1660 )
*November 1 -Dmitry Pozharsky , Russian prince (d.1642 )
*December 2 -Agostino Agazzari , Italian composer (d.1640 )
*"date unknown"
**Giambattista Andreini , Italian actor and playwright (d.1650 )
**Catharina Belgica of Nassau , regent of Hanau-Münzenberg (d.1648 )
**Yamada Arinaga , Japanese retainer of the Shimazu clan (d.1668 )
**Benedetto Castelli , Italian scientist (d.1643 )
**Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry , English lawyer (d.1640 )
**Robert Cushman , Plymouth Colony settler (d.1625 )
**Iwasa Matabei , Japanese painter (d.1650 )
**Samuel Jordan , American colonial legislator (d.1623 )
**Grzegorz IV Radziwiłł , Polish magnate (d.1613 )
**François Ravaillac , killer of Henry IV of France (d.1610 )
**Ambrose Rokewood , EnglishGunpowder Plot conspirator (d.1606 )
**Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland (d.1632 )
**Horio Tadauji , Japanese daimyo (d.1604 ): "See also ."
Deaths
*February 5 -Giambattista Moroni , Italian painter (b.1510 )
*March 7 -Margaret Douglas , Countess of Lennox (b.1515 )
*March 29 -Arthur Champernowne , English admiral (b.1524 )
*March 29 -Louis I, Cardinal of Guise , French cardinal (b.1527 )
*April 14 -James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell , consort ofMary I of Scotland (b.1535 )
*April 19 -Uesugi Kenshin , Japanese samurai and warlord (b.1530 )
*June 20 - Thomas Doughty, English explorer (executed)
*August 4
**KingSebastian I of Portugal (b.1554 )
**Thomas Stucley , English adventurer (b.1525 )
**Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi ,King of Morocco
**Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi ,King of Morocco
*August 11 -Pedro Nunes , Portuguese mathematician (b.1502 )
*October 1 -Don John of Austria , military leader (b.1547 )
*"date unknown"
**Jane Lumley , English translator (b.1537 )
**Giulio Clovio , Italian painter (b.1498 )
**Cornelis Cort , Dutch engraver (b.1536 )
**Nicholas Heath , Archbishop of York andLord Chancellor (b.1501 )
**Amago Katsuhisa , Japanese nobleman (b.1553 )
**Ikeda Katsumasa , Japanese military commander (b.1539 )
**Juraj Julije Klovic , Dalmatian painter (b.1498 )
**Pierre Lescot , French architect (b.1510 ): "See also ."
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