- Jan 7 Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and The Holy Roman Empire
Gregory Conquers Julius Caesar
Jan 17 Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar
- Jan 22 Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812)
Historic Invention
Mar 25 English explorer Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore North America
- Apr 7 Ieper surrenders to duke Van Parma
- May 16 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond, Blokker and St Pietersdal
- May 30 Earl Adolf of Nieuwenaar and Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland
- Jul 10 Spanish army leader Richebourg conquers Liefkenshoek, Belgium
- Sep 15 San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid finished
- Sep 17 Gent surrenders to Duke of Parma
- Nov 10 Willem Louis of Nassau appointed viceroy of Friesland
- Nov 23 English parliament expels Jesuits