1572 in History – What happened in year 1572
✅ Published on March 23rd, 2009 in 16th Century in History
In history, year 1572 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 1572.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1572 ⚡:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 01 april | Spanish general and governor Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba lost his glasses in the town of Brielle, enabling sea beggars to move in. |
| 09 july | Nineteen Catholic friars and clerics were hanged in Gorkumduring the 16th century religious wars in the Low Countries. |
| 23 august | The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, a wave of Catholic mobviolence against the Huguenots, began, lasting for several months andresulting in an estimated tens of thousands deaths across France. |
| 20 october | Eighty Years' War-Soldiers of the Spanish Tercios waded acrossthe river Scheldt at its mouth, walking overnight in water to chestheight, to relieve the siege of Goes in the Spanish Netherlands. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1572:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 04 April | William Strachey / Author / United Kingdom |
| 06 August | Fakhr-al-Din II / Prince / Turkey |
| 11 June | Ben Jonson / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 13 November | Cyril Lucaris / Theologian / Greece |
| 14 April | Adam Tanner / Philosopher / Austria |
| 27 December | Johannes Vodnianus Campanus / Poet / Czech Republic |
| 27 October | Marie Elisabeth of France / Princess / France |
📊 This topic has been read 2 times.