1572 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
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 On ?
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)