1570 in History – What happened in year 1570

In history, year 1570 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1570.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1570:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
23 january	James Hamilton shot and killed James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in the first recorded assassination using a firearm.
25 february	Pope Pius V issued the papal bull Regnans in Excelsis to excommunicate Queen Elizabeth I and her followers in the Church of England.
10 september	A party of ten Jesuit missionaries landed on the VirginiaPeninsula to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
22 May	The first atlas, titled Theatrum Arbis Terram, was published, with a total of 70 maps.

Famous birthdays in the year 1570:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
04 October	Péter Pázmány / Philosopher / Hungary
13 April	Guy Fawkes / Soldier / United Kingdom
19 August	Salamone Rossi / Violinist / Italy
20 November	Giovanni Battista Agucchi / Writer / Italy
22 January	Sir Robert Cotton / Politician / United Kingdom
22 August	Franz von Dietrichstein / Bishop / Roman Republic
28 November	James Whitelocke / Politician / United Kingdom