1570 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1570?
- January 23, 1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
- February 25, 1570 – Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- May 20, 1570 – Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas.
- November 2, 1570 – A tsunami in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1,000 people.
Who Were Born In The Year 1570?
- January 22, 1570 – Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (d. 1631)
- April 13, 1570 – Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)
- October 4, 1570 – Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1637)
- November 28, 1570 – James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)
Who Died In The Year 1570?
- January 8, 1570 – Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (b. c. 1510)
- January 23, 1570 – James Stewart, Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland (assassinated)
- July 3, 1570 – Aonio Paleario, Italian humanist
- October 1, 1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
- October 18, 1570 – Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (b. 1517)
- October 20, 1570 – João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)
- November 27, 1570 – Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)
- December 5, 1570 – Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)
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