Important Events in 1576
- Feb 5 Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) abjures Catholicism at Tours
- Nov 4 Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spanish defeat Walloon and capture Antwerp
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Famous People Born in 1576
- Jan 12 Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian
- Mar 31 Louise Juliana of Nassau, Regent of Bohemia by marriage to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1644)
- May 17 Ferdinand van Apshoven the Older, Flemish painter, baptized in Antwerp
- May 27 Caspar Schoppe, German scholar and controversialist, born in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany (d. 1649)
- Jun 6 Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman, born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1649)
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World Leaders in 1576
Elizabeth I
Queen of England and Ireland- Philip II of Spain
King of Spain
Elizabeth I
Philip II of SpainFamous Weddings in 1576
- May 1 Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Girolamo Cardano