1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
Births
- January 29 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (died 1647)
- March 29 - Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English parliamentary general (died 1648)
- April 13 - Albert VI of Bavaria (died 1666)
- August 13 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (died 1640)
- December 16 - John Selden, English jurist (died 1654)
- William Baffin, English explorer (died 1622)
- Francis Beaumont, English dramatist (died 1616)
- Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (died 1629)
- Matthias Gallas, Austrian soldier (died 1647)
- John Hales, English theologian (died 1656)
- Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (died 1643)
- Mathieu Molé, French statesman (died 1656)
- Herman Wrangel, Swedish soldier and politician (died 1643)
See also Category: 1584 births.
Deaths
- March 10 - Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (born 1532)
- March 18 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (born 1530)
- May 18 - Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese military commander (born 1559)
- May 18 - Ikeda Tsuneoki, Japanese daimyo and military commander (born 1536)
- June 19 - François, Duke of Anjou (born 1555)
- July 10 - William I of Orange (assassinated) (born 1533)
- July 12 - Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)
- July 23 - John Day, English Protestant printer (born 1522)
- August 22 - Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (born 1530)
- November 4 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (born 1538)
- Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll, Scottish nobleman and politician (born 1541)
- Sir James Balfour, Scottish judge and politician
- Jan Borukowski, royal secretary of Poland (born 1524)
- Balthasar Gérard, French assassin of William I of Orange (born 1557)
- Yi I of Joseon, Korean Confucian scholar (born 1536)
- Mikolaj Rudy Radziwill, Polish magnate (born 1512)
- Carolus Sigonius, Italian humanist (born 1524)
- Francis Throckmorton, conspirator against Queen Elizabeth I of England (born 1554)
- Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa, viceroy of Peru (born 1515)
- Michal Wisniowiecki, prince at Wiśniowiec (born 1529)
See also Category: 1584 deaths.
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