What Happened In 1574 - Historical Events 1574

Historical Events for the Year 1574

30th May » Henry III of France or Henry III becomes King of France.
30th August » Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/guru known as Master.
3rd October » The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
22nd November » Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.

17th January » Robert Fludd, English physician, astrologer, and mathematician (d. 1637)
6th May » Pope Innocent X (d. 1655)
14th May » Francesco Rasi, Italian singer-songwriter, theorbo player, and poet (d. 1621)
1st July » Joseph Hall (bishop) e.g Joseph Hall, English bishop and mystic (d. 1656)
24th July » Thomas Platter the Younger, Swiss physician (d. 1628)
7th August » Robert Dudley (explorer) known as Robert Dudley, English explorer and cartographer (d. 1649)
8th December » Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574–1616) called Maria Anna of Bavaria (d. 1616)
12th December » Anne of Denmark (d. 1619)

30th January » Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (b. 1502)
14th April » Louis of Nassau (b. 1538)
17th April » Joachim Camerarius, German scholar (b. 1500)
30th May » Charles IX of France (b. 1550)
27th June » Giorgio Vasari, Italian historian, painter, and architect (b. 1511)
23rd August » Ebussuud Efendi, Turkish jurist (b. 1490)
17th September » Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Spanish admiral and explorer, founded St. Augustine, Florida (b. 1519)
1st October » Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
7th November » Solomon Luria, Polish rabbi and educator (b. 1510)
28th November » Georg Major, German theologian and educator (b. 1502)
26th December » Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1524)