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1573
Years:
1570
1571
1572
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1573
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1574
1575
1576
Decades
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1540s
1550s
1560s
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1570s
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1580s
1590s
1600s
Centuries
:
15th century
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16th century
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17th century
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Events
January
- articles of
Warsaw Confederation
signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland.
July
- Spanish forces under the
Duke of Alva
capture
Haarlem
after a seven month siege.
August-October - Unsuccessful siege of
Alkmaar
by Alva
November
- Alva resigns as Spanish Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in the Netherlands, and is succeeded by
Luis de Requesens
, who attempts to pursue a more conciliatory policy.
End of the Fourth War of Religion in France.
Oda Nobunaga
drives the 14th Ashikaga shogun
Ashikaga Yoshiaki
out of
Kyoto
effectively destroying the Ashikaga shogunate and historically ending the
Muromachi period
. The
Azuchi-Momoyama period
of
Japan
begins.
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Births
July 15
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Inigo Jones
, English architect (d.
1652
)
Ambrosius Bosschaert
, Dutch painter (d. (
1621
)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
, Italian painter (d.
1610
)
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Deaths