1573
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| Years: 1570 1571 1572 - 1573 - 1574 1575 1576 |
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| Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s |
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| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
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| 1573 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1573 MDLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2326 |
| Armenian calendar | 1022 ԹՎ ՌԻԲ |
| Chinese calendar | 4209/4269-11-28 (壬申年十一月廿八日) — to —
4210/4270-12-8(癸酉年十二月初八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1565 – 1566 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5333 – 5334 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1628 – 1629 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1495 – 1496 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4674 – 4675 |
| Iranian calendar | 951 – 952 |
| Islamic calendar | 981 – 982 |
| Japanese calendar | Genki 4 (元亀4年) — changed to —
Tenshō 1(天正元年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2233 (皇紀2233年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11573 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2116 |
[edit] Events
- January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland.
- July 6 - Córdoba, Argentina is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
- 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.
- November 15 - Santa Fe, Argentina is founded by Juan de Garay.
- Oda Nobunaga drives the 15th 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 in a battle near Lake Zway.
[edit] Births
- January 10 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (died 1624)
- April 17 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (died 1651)
- April 26 - Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
- July 15 - Inigo Jones, English architect (died 1652)
- July 25 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (died 1650)
- September 28 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, violent Italian artist (died 1610)
- 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)
- Oeyo, wife of Tokugawa Hidetada (died 1626)
- Juan Pujol, Catalan composer and organist (died 1626)
- Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, natural son of Charles IX of France (died 1650)
See also Category: 1573 births.
[edit] Deaths
- March 13 - Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman (born 1505)
- May 13 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)
- July 29 - John Caius, English physician (born 1510)
- August 14 - Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (born 1548)
- September 23 - Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (born 1524)
- October 27 - Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)
- 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)
- Étienne Jodelle, French dramatist and poet (born 1532)
- Shimazu Katsuhisa, Japanese nobleman (born 1503)
- Michel de L'Hospital, Chancellor of France (born 1505)
- Takeda Nobutora, Japanese warlord (born 1493)
- Wigbolt Ripperda, Mayor of Haarlem
- Paul Skalic, Croatian encyclopedist (born 1534)
- Reginald Wolfe, English printer
- Murakami Yoshikiyo, Japanese warlord (born 1501)
See also Category: 1573 deaths.
