1581
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s |
| Years: | 1578 1579 1580 - 1581 - 1582 1583 1584 |
| 1581 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1581 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1581
- January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism
- April 4 - After circumnavigating the world Sir Francis Drake is knighted by Elizabeth I.
- July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. They abjure loyalty to Philip II of Spain as their sovereign and become a Republic.
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- Robert Browne and his Brownist companions were obliged to leave England and went to Middelburg, in the Netherlands. See Congregational church
- Russia begins the conquest of Siberia.
- A mercenary army of Sweden under Pontus de la Gardie capture Narva from Russia.
- Finland becomes a grand duchy.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1581 MDLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2334 |
| Armenian calendar | 1030 ԹՎ ՌԼ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -263 – -262 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2125 |
| Chinese calendar | 4217/4277-11-26 (庚辰年十一月廿六日) — to —
4218/4278-12-6(辛巳年十二月初六日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1573 – 1574 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5341 – 5342 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1636 – 1637 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1503 – 1504 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4682 – 4683 |
| Holocene calendar | 11581 |
| Iranian calendar | 959 – 960 |
| Islamic calendar | 988 – 989 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 9 (天正9年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2241 (皇紀2241年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11581 |
| Julian calendar | 1626 |
| Korean calendar | 3914 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2124 |
- January 4 - James Ussher, Anglo-Irish priest and scholar (died 1656)
- February 17 - Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
- March 16 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian (died 1647)
- October 9 - Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (died 1638)
- October 21 - Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (died 1641)
- date unknown
- Gasparo Aselli, Italian physician (died 1626)
- Jeremias Drexel, Jesuit writer of devotional literature
- Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (died 1621)
- Jean du Vergier de Hauranne, French monk who introduced Jansenism into France (died 1643)
- Charles Malapert, Belgian Jesuit writer (died 1630)
- Łukasz Opaliński (1581-1654), Polish nobleman (died 1654)
- Thomas Overbury, English poet and essayist (died 1613)
- Johannes Rudbeckius, bishop at Västerås (died 1646)
- Choghtu Khong Tayiji, ruler of the Khalkha Mongols (died 1637)
- probable
- Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican dramatist (died 1639)
- Sisto Badalocchio, Italian painter and engraver (died 1647)
- See also Category: 1581 births.
[edit] Deaths
- April 25 - Okabe Motonobu, Japanese warrior
- May 31 - Jan Kostka (1529-1581), Polish noble (b. 1529)
- June 2 - James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, regent of Scotland (born 1525)
- July 11 - Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval officer (b. 1500)
- July 22 - Richard Cox, English bishop (b. 1500)
- August 21 - Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)
- September 1 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (born 1534)
- September 30 - Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
- October 9 - October 9 - Saint Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary to Latin-America, patron saint of Colombia (b. 1526)
- October 23 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)
- November 7 - Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar (b. c1505)
- December 1
- Edmund Campion, English Jesuit (martyred) (b. 1540)
- Ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (martyred) (born 1550)
- date unknown
- Christopher Báthory, prince of Transylvania (b. 1530)
- Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Spanish conquistador (b. c1492)
- Guillaume Postel, French linguist (b. 1510)
- Nicholas Sanders, English Catholic propagandist (b. 1530)
- See also Category: 1581 deaths.
