On This Day

November 1580 in History

Events in History

  • Nov 9 Spanish troops land in Ireland
  • Nov 26 French Huguenots & Roman Catholics sign peace treaty

Deaths in History

  • Nov 3 Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b. 1512)
  • Nov 9 Gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general, dies at 67
  • Nov 21 Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed

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