Major Events
- Jan 9 Francis Drake's ship the 'Golden Hind' strikes a reef off the Celebes islands, slips off the next day and sails onward to Java then around the Cape of Good Hope and back to Plymouth in England [1]
- Mar 15 Spanish King Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of Prince William I of Orange
- Mar 17 Prince William I of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam
- Apr 11 Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht
- Jun 15 Phillip II of Spain declares William I of Orange an outlaw and places a bounty on his head of 25,000 crowns
- Jun 17 Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels
- Jun 18 States of Utrecht forbid Catholic worship
- Jun 25 Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
- Jun 27 Duke of Alva's army occupies Portugal
- Jul 12 Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published
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Who Died in 1580
- Jan 18 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of St. John), dies at 63
- Jan 31 Henry of Portugal, Portuguese Catholic clergyman (Archbishop of Lisbon, 1545-70) and ruler (King of Portugal, 1578-80), dies od his 68th birthday
- Jan 31 Henry, King of Portugal, Cardinal, Epilepticus and Regent. Reigned 1578-80, dies at 68
- Feb 2 Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558)
- Feb 15 Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies
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