What Happened In 1583 - Historical Events 1583

Historical Events for the Year 1583

17th December » Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.

8th January » Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (d. 1643)
23rd February » Jean-Baptiste Morin (mathematician) called Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (d. 1656)
3rd March » Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (d. 1648)
10th April » Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist and philosopher (d. 1645)
16th June » Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (d. 1654)
20th June » Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (d. 1652)
13th September » Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1643)
24th September » Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian general (d. 1634)
24th November » Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (d. 1641)
25th December » Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (d. 1625)

18th February » Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian author (b. 1503)
4th March » Bernard Gilpin, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1517)
28th March » Magnus, Duke of Holstein (b. 1540)
6th June » Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyo (b. 1556)
9th June » Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1525)
6th July » Edmund Grindal, English archbishop (b. 1519)
9th September » Humphrey Gilbert, English explorer (b. 1539)
24th November » René de Birague, French cardinal (b. 1506)
31st December » Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (b. 1524)