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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s

Years: 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 - 1582 - 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland
• February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15, skipping over 10 days. Other countries follow at various later dates.
• November 28 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 year-old William Shakespeare and 26 year-old Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license (Shakespeare would later become one of the greatest playwrights in history).
• Tibet, Foundation of Kumbum
  
• China, Matteo Ricci s.j. is allowed to enter in China
• Incident of Honnoji in Kyoto, Japan

Births

• December 23 - Severo Bonini, composer (+ 1663)

Deaths

• Oda Nobunaga, Japanese shogun\n

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