16th January » Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
13th February » Elizabeth I of England issues a proclamation which revokes all commissions on account of the frauds which they had fostered.
9th July » Martyrs of Gorkum named Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorinchem called Gorkum.
18th August » Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry IV of France Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestantism Protestants and Catholic Church Catholics.
20th October » Relief of Goes, Cristóbal de Mondragón with 3000 soldiers of the Spanish Tercios, release the siege of the city.
23rd December » Theologian Johann Sylvan executed in Heidelberg for his heresy e.g heretical Nontrinitarianism known as Antitrinitarian beliefs.
Famous Birthdays in 1572
27th February » Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1632)
4th April » William Strachey, English author (d. 1621)
14th April » Adam Tanner (mathematician) e.g Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)
25th May » Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1632)
13th November » Cyril Lucaris, Greek patriarch and theologian (d. 1638)
27th December » Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1622)
31st December » Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan, (d. 1617)
Famous Deaths in History for 1572
8th February » Cho Shik, Korean scholar and politician (b. 1501)
23rd February » Pierre Certon, French composer (b. 1510)
28th February » Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)
2nd March » Mem de Sá, Portuguese-Brazilian politician (b. 1500)
27th March » Girolamo Maggi, Italian scholar, jurist, and poet (b. 1523)