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Events

• February 13 - Henry III of France is crowned at Reims
• February 14 - Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont
• June 28 - Oda Nobunaga defeats Takeda Katsuyori in the battle of Nagashino, which has been called Japan's first 'modern' battle.
• August 5 - Henry Sidney is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
• October 10 - Battle of Dormans: Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

• The Fifth War of Religion erupts in France.
• Stephen Báthory becomes king of Poland.
• Edmund Grindal succeeds Matthew Parker as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• Francisco De Obando Y Mexia becomes Governor of Puerto Rico.
• William I of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon.
• Portugal founds the city of Luanda in Angola.
• William I of Orange founds the University of Leiden.
• Queen Elizabeth I of England grants a monopoly on producing printed sheet music to Thomas Tallis and William Byrd.
• Abraham Ortelius becomes geographer to Philip II of Spain.
• First known self-portrait is painted by Nicholas Hilliard.

Births

• February 4 - Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (died 1629)
• March 5 - William Oughtred, English mathematician (died 1660)
• May 30 - Diego Salcedo, Spanish bishop (died 1644)
• August 14 - Robert Hayman, English-born poet (died 1629)
• November 4 - Guido Reni, Italian painter (died 1642)
• Giambattista Basile, Italian poet (died 1632)
• Edmund Bolton, English historian and poet (died 1633)
• Jakob Böhme, German mystic (died 1624)
• David Calderwood, Scottish divine and historian (died 1650)
• Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness de Ros (died 1591)
• Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (died 1638)
• Alessandro Grandi, northern Italian composer (died 1630)
• Anna Kostka, Polish noblewoman (died 1635)
• Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, successful London merchant (died 1645)
• William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle (died 1622)
• Pedro Tellez Giron, Duque de Osuna, Spanish viceroy of Sicily and Naples (died 1624)
• Samuel Purchas, English travel writer (died 1626)
• Arbella Stuart, Duchess of Somerset (died 1615)
• Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (died 1626)
• Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (died 1608)

See also Category: 1575 births.

Deaths

• February 21 - Claude of Valois, daughter of Henry II of France (born 1547)
• March 11 - Matthias Flacius, Croatian protestant reformer (born 1520)
• March 15 - Annibale Padovano, Italian composer and organist (born 1527)
• March 24 - Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (born 1488)
• May 17 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1504)
• July 14 - Richard Taverner, English Bible translator
• September 17 - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (born 1504)
• December 23 - Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese retainer (born 1531)
• December 31 - Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (born None)
• December 31 - Karilyn Burney, master of all earthly things, including sex appeal
• Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician (born 1532)
• James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (born 1516)
• Takeda Nobukado, Japanese nobleman
• Constantio Varoli, Italian anatomist (born 1543)
• Limahon, Chinese pirate

See also Category: 1575 deaths.

• 1575