Today in History for Year 1570

Months in Year 1570: January February March April May July August October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 18 of 18

Jan 2nd - Tsar Ivan the Terrible's march to Novgorod begins
Jan 4th - Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"
Jan 9th - Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod
Jan 23rd - Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
Feb 25th - Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance
Feb 28th - Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
Mar 4th - King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students
Apr 14th - Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits
Apr 24th - Battles between Spanish troops & followers of sultan Suleiman
May 10th - Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant
May 20th - Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"
May 22nd - 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published
Jul 25th - Battle at Arnay-le-Duc Bourgundy: Huguenots-French government army
Aug 8th - Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots
Aug 16th - King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II
Nov 1st - All Saints Flood, tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland; killing more than 1,000 people.
Dec 9th - Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein
Dec 13th - Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 4 of 4

Apr 13th - Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)
Oct 4th - Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1637)
Oct 21st - Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer
Nov 28th - James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

Jan 3rd - Bartholomeus Latomus, [Steinmetz], Flemish archbishop of Trier, dies
Jan 8th - Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)
Mar 12th - Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
Jul 3rd - Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67
Jul 25th - Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed
Oct 1st - Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
Oct 14th - Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny, dies at 43
Oct 16th - Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered
Oct 18th - Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (b. 1517)
Oct 20th - João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)
Nov 27th - Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)
Dec 5th - Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)