1581 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
January 16, 1581
– The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
April 4, 1581
– Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
July 26, 1581
– Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): the northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king, Philip II.
Who Were Born On ?
January 4, 1581
– James Ussher, Irish Anglican archbishop (d. 1656)
February 17, 1581
– Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)
March 16, 1581
– Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and writer (d. 1647)
April 24, 1581
– Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)
October 9, 1581
– Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (d. 1638)
October 21, 1581
– Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641)