1577
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| Years: 1574 1575 1576 - 1577 - 1578 1579 1580 | |
| Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold
- May 29 - Publication of the "Bergen Book" which is better known as the "Solid Declaration" of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings, later condensed into an "Epitome;" both documents are part of the 1580 Book of Concord
- September 17 - Peace of Bergerac signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots
- The church in San Pedro in the Atacama Desert in Chile was built.
Births
- February 6 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman who conspired to kill her father (died 1599)
- April 12 - King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (died 1648)
- June 12 - Paul Guldin, Swiss Jesuit mathematician (died 1643)
- June 28 - Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (died 1640)
- July 9 - Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English governor of Virginia (died 1618)
- October 17 - Cristofano Allori, Italian portrait painter (died 1621)
- November 25 - Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch naval officer (died 1629)
- Robert Burton (died 1640)
- Jacopo Cavedone, Italian painter (died 1660)
- Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (died 1644)
- William Noy, English jurist (died 1634)
- Barnaby Potter, Bishop of Carlisle (died 1642)
- William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonial invester (died 1641)
- Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (died 1649)
Deaths
- June 11 - King John III of Portugal (born 1502)
- August 12 - Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (born 1513)
- August 27 - Titian, Italian artist
- September 7 - Maria of Portugal (born 1538)
- October 7 - George Gascoigne, English poet (born 1535)
- November 19 - Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (born 1510)
- November 29 - Saint Cuthbert Mayne, English Roman Catholic martyr (born 1543)
- December 18 - Anna of Saxony, only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony
- Richard Aertsz, Dutch historical painter (born 1482)
- Adam of Bodenstein, Swiss alchemist and physician (born 1528)
- Eric XIV of Sweden (born 1533)
- Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc, marshal of France (born 1502)
- Pedro Nunez, Portuguese mathematician and geographer (born 1492)af:1577
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