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Events
January 23
- The
assassination
of regent
James Stewart, Earl of Moray
throws
Scotland
into
civil war
February 25
-
Pope Pius V
excommunicates Queen
Elizabeth I of England
.
May 20
-
Abraham Ortelius
issues the first modern
atlas
.
August 8
- The Peace of Saint-Germain ends the
Third War of Religion
in France. Again, the Huguenots are promised religious freedom and political autonomy.
Académie française
founded
China
, the Voyage in Occident, (Novel)
Births
April 13
-
Guy Fawkes
, English
Gunpowder Plot
conspirator
September 12
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Henry Hudson
, English navigator
Hans Lippershey
, Dutch lensmaker (approximate date) (d.
1619
)
Deaths
January 23
-
James Stewart, Earl of Moray
, regent of
Scotland
François Bonivard
, Swiss patriot and historian, the "prisoner of Chillon" (b.
1496
)
Confucian scholar
Yi Hwang
(Toegye) of
Joseon
Francesco Primaticcio
, italian painter, architect and sculptor
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