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1573 in literature
1573 in science
Events
January
- articles of
Warsaw Confederation
signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland.
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.
Oda Nobunaga
drives the 14th 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
.
Births
April 17
-
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
(d.
1651
)
July 15
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Inigo Jones
, English architect (d.
1652
)
October 7
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William Laud
, Archbishop of Canterbury (d.
1645
)
Ambrosius Bosschaert
, Dutch painter (d.
1621
)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
, Italian painter (d.
1610
)
Juan Pujol
, Catalan composer (probable date)
Deaths
September 23
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Azai Hisamasa
, Japanese warlord
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