1580

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Events

• March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.
• June 11 - Juan de Garay founds Buenos Aires.
• June 25 - Publication of the Book of Concord, a collection of Lutheran confessional documents.
• July 12 - Publication of the Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible in a Slavic language.
• September 26 - Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe
• 1580-1764 First session of Jewish Waad (Sejm of 4 countries) in Lublin, Poland. 70 delegates of Jewish local kahals met to discuss taxations and other issues important to Jewish communities.
• Portugal loses independence to Spain following the death without heirs of king Henry of Portugal. The Habsburg rule would last until 1640.
• Yermak entered Siberia with a band of 1636 men. Russia begins the conquest of Siberia.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths