1579 in History – What happened in year 1579

In history, year 1579 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 1579.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1579:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
17 june	Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-dayCalifornia, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.
08 july	Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church,was discovered underground in Kazan, present-day Tatarstan, Russia.
24 October	Jusuit pastor SJ Thomas was the first Englishman to visit India. He arrived in Goa by Portuguese boat.

Famous birthdays in the year 1579:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
01 August	Luis Vélez de Guevara / Author / Spain
09 February	Johannes Meursius / Scholar / Netherlands
09 December	Martin de Porres / Saint / Peru
11 November	Frans Snyders / Painter / Belgium
13 July	Arthur Dee / Physician / United Kingdom
24 March	Tirso de Molina / Monk / Spain