1580

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1550s  1560s  1570s  – 1580s –  1590s  1600s  1610s
Years:	1577 1578 1579 – 1580 – 1581 1582 1583

1580 Media

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  August 25: Battle of Alcântara

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  June 25: The Book of Concord is published.

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  Portrait of Thomas Middleton

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  • Portrait of celebrated Spanish poet and writer
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  Henry, King of Portugal

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  Palladiofiltered

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  Anna of Austria

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1580 (MDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.

Events

• March 1 – Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.
• June 11 – Juan de Garay founds Buenos Aires.
• June 25 – Publication of the Book of Concord, a collection of Lutheran confessional documents.
• July 12 – Publication of the Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible in a Slavic language.
• September 26 – Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe
• Portugal loses independence to Spain following the death without heirs of king Henry of Portugal. The Habsburg rule would last until 1640.
• Yermak entered Siberia with a band of 1636 men. Russia begins the conquest of Siberia.
• Khorasan Wars were fought between Abbas the Great and his father king Mohammed Khodabandeh.