1572 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1572?
- January 16, 1572 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
- April 1, 1572 – In the Eighty Years’ War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
- July 9, 1572 – Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
- August 18, 1572 – Marriage in Paris of the future Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Marguerite de Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
- August 23, 1572 – Mob violence against Huguenots in Paris – St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre.
- December 23, 1572 – Theologian Johann Sylvan executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs
Who Were Born In The Year 1572?
- April 4, 1572 – William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)
- April 14, 1572 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)
- November 13, 1572 – Cyril Lucaris, Greek theologian (d. 1638)
- December 31, 1572 – Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)
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