1584
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s |
| Years: | 1581 1582 1583 - 1584 - 1585 1586 1587 |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1584
- May 17 - The conflict between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu culminates in the Battle of Nagakute.
- June 1 - With the death of the Duc d'Anjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France.
- June 4 - Sir Walter Raleigh sends an expedition to Roanoke Island, old Virginia (now North Carolina), with a view to establishing an English colony.
- July 5 - Maronite College is established in Rome.
- July 10 - William I of Orange is assassinated.
- December - The Treaty of Joinville is signed secretly between the French Catholic League and Spain.
[edit] Undated
- The first translation of the complete Bible into Slovenian language: Bibilija, tu je vse svetu pismu stariga inu noviga testamenta, slovenski tolmačena skuzi Jurija Dalmatina (Wittenberg), i.e. The Bible, it is a Complete Holy Scripture of the Old and of the New Testament, Translated into Slovenian by Jurij Dalmatin.
- Archangelsk is founded in northern Russia.
- Feodor I succeeds his father Ivan IV as Tsar of Russia.
- Ghent falls to the Spanish.
- Raja Ijau came to power and ruled the once Malay kingdom of Pattani.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1584 MDLXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2337 |
| Armenian calendar | 1033 ԹՎ ՌԼԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -260 – -259 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2128 |
| Chinese calendar | 4220/4280-11-19 (癸未年十一月十九日) — to —
4221/4281-11-30(甲申年十一月三十日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1576 – 1577 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5344 – 5345 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1639 – 1640 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1506 – 1507 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4685 – 4686 |
| Holocene calendar | 11584 |
| Iranian calendar | 962 – 963 |
| Islamic calendar | 991 – 992 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 12 (天正12年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2244 (皇紀2244年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11584 |
| Julian calendar | 1629 |
| Korean calendar | 3917 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2127 |
- 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)
- date unknown
- 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.
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and drawer (b. 1539)
- 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) (in battle)
- Ikeda Tsuneoki, Japanese daimyo and military commander (born 1536) (in battle)
- June 19 - François, Duke of Anjou (born 1555)
- July - Francis Throckmorton, conspirator against Queen Elizabeth I of England (born 1554)
- 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)
- October - Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll, Scottish nobleman and politician (born 1541)
- November 4 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (born 1538)
- date unknown
- 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)
- Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Polish magnate (born 1512)
- Carolus Sigonius, Italian humanist (born 1524)
- Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa, viceroy of Peru (born 1515)
- Michal Wisniowiecki (1529-1584), prince at Wiśniowiec (born 1529)
- probable
- James Balfour of Pittendreich, Scottish judge and politician
- See also Category: 1584 deaths.
