What Happened In 1577 - Historical Events 1577

Historical Events for the Year 1577

17th September » The Peace of Bergerac is signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
1st December » Francis Walsingham is knighted.
13th December » Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
17th December » Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific coast of the Americas for Queen Elizabeth I of England.

12th January » Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist and physician (d. 1644)
6th February » Beatrice Cenci, Italian murderer (d. 1599)
8th February » Robert Burton (scholar) or Robert Burton, English scholar (d. 1640)
12th April » Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
12th June » Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)
28th June » Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (d. 1640)
9th July » Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English politician, List of colonial governors of Virginia called Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1618)
17th October » Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (d. 1621)
17th October » Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (d. 1642)
10th November » Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (d. 1660)
25th November » Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (d. 1629)

26th February » Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
12th August » Thomas Smith (diplomat) named Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513)
27th August » Titian, Italian painter (b. 1488)
7th October » George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (b. 1535)