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
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