1582

Years: 1579 1580 1581 - 1582 - 1583 1584 1585
Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland.
February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar.
April 16 - Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
June 21 - Incident at Honnoji in Kyoto, Japan.
October 4 of Julian calendar (Thursday) - Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain make the next day Friday, October 15 of the Gregorian Calendar, skipping over 10 days. Other countries follow at various later dates.
November 28 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 year-old William Shakespeare and 26 year-old Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license (Shakespeare would later become one of the greatest playwrights in history).
December 9 of Julian calendar (Sunday) - France makes the next day Monday, December 20 of the Gregorian Calendar.

January 28 - John Barclay, Scottish satirist and Latin poet (died 1621)
May 1 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (died 1643)
May 28 - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (died 1662)
August 28 - Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (died 1620)
October 17 - Johann Gerhard, Lutheran church leader (died 1637)
October 19 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsraevich (d. 1591)
November 27 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (died 1651)
December 23 - Severo Bonini, Italian composer (died 1663)
Giovanni Francesco Abela, Maltese writer (died 1655)
Giulio Alenio, Italian Jesuit missionary (died 1649)
Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (died 1652)
John Bainbridge, English astronomer (died 1648)
Richard Corbet, English poet (died 1635)
William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh (died 1643)
Phineas Fletcher, English poet (died 1650)
Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Italian Baroque composer (died 1609)
Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1602)
Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (died 1629)
Dmitry Ivanovich, Russian tsarevich
William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1663)
William Lithgow, Scottish traveller (died 1645)
François Maynard, French poet (died 1646)
Thomas Moulson, Lord Mayor of London (died 1638)
David Teniers the Elder, Flemish painter (died 1649)
Francis Windebank, English politician (died 1646)
Jakub Zadzik, Polish nobleman and diplomat (died 1642)

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