1582
EventsJanuary 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15, skipping over 10 days. Other countries follow at various later dates. November 28 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 year-old William Shakespeare and 26 year-old Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license (Shakespeare would later become one of the greatest playwrights in history). Tibet, Foundation of Kumbum
China, Jesuit Matteo Ricci is allowed to enter China Incident at Honnoji in Kyoto, Japan
BirthsDecember 23 - Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663)Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (d. 1652)Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlordWilliam Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1663)
Deaths June 21 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (daimyo) (b. 1534) October 15 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Carmelite nun and poet (b. 1515) Giocangga, chieftain of the Jurchens and grandfather of Nurhaci Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord
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