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| Years: 1570 1571 1572 - 1573 - 1574 1575 1576 | |
| Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century 1573 in literature 1573 in science | |
Events
- January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland.
- July 12 - 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.
- Sarsa Dengel, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats the Oromo.
Births
- January 10 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (died 1624)
- April 17 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (died 1651)
- July 15 - Inigo Jones, English architect (died 1652)
- July 25 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (died 1650)
- September 28 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (died 1610)
- October 6 - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, one of Shakespeare's patrons (died 1624)
- October 7 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1645)
- Ambrosius Bosschaert, Dutch painter (died 1621)
- Pietro Carrera, Sicilian chess player, priest and painter (died 1647)
- Robert Catesby, English leader of the Gunpowder Plot (died 1605)
- Odoardo Farnese, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy (died 1626)
- Ukita Hideie, Japanese daimyo (died 1655)
- Richard Johnson, English romance writer (died 1659)
- Johannes Junius, Burgomeister of Bamberg (died 1628)
- John Kendrick, English merchant (died 1624)
- Marie de' Medici, queen consort of Henry IV of France (died 1642)
- Oeyo, wife of Tokugawa Hidetada
- Juan Pujol, Catalan composer and organist (died 1626)
- Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, natural son of Charles IX of France (died 1650)
Deaths
- March 13 - Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman (born 1505)
- May 13 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyo
- July 29 - John Caius, English physician (born 1510)
- August 14 - Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyo in Mino province (born 1548)
- August 28 - Azai Nagamasa, son of Azai Hisamasa
- September 23 - Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (born 1524)
- October 27 - Laurentius Petri, Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala
- December 30 - Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian novelist and poet (born 1504)
- Pieter Aertsen, Dutch historical painter (born 1507)
- Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Spanish philosopher and theologian (born 1494)
- William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, English lord high admiral (born 1510)
- Etienne Jodelle, French dramatist and poet (born 1532)
- Shimazu Katsuhisa, Japanese nobleman
- Michel de L'Hospital, chancellor of France under Catherine de Medici (born 1505)
- Takeda Nobutora, Japanese daimyo of Kai province
- Wigbolt Ripperda, city governor of Haarlem
- Paul Skalic, Croatian encyclopedist (born 1534)
- Reginald Wolfe, English printer
- Murakami Yoshikiyo, Japanese daimyo (born 1501)af:1573
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