1584
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| Years: 1581 1582 1583 - 1584 - 1585 1586 1587 | |
| Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- June 1 - With the death of the Duc d'Anjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France.
- July 5 - Maronite College established in Rome
- July 10 - William I of Orange assassinated
- Dates between October 5 - 14 ignored in the Gregorian Calendar
- The first translation of the complete Bible into Slovenian language: Bibilija, tu je vse svetu pismu stariga inu noviga testamenta, slovenski tolmačena skuzi Jurija Dalmatina (Wittenberg), i.e. The Bible, it is a Complete Holy Scripture of the Old and of the New Testament, Translated into Slovenian by Jurij Dalmatin.
- Archangelsk is founded in northern Russia.
- Feodor I succeeds his father Ivan IV as Tsar of Russia
Births
- 16 December - John Selden, English jurist
- William Baffin, explorer (+ 1622)
- Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman (approximate date)
Deaths
- March 18 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia
- June 1 - François, Duke of Anjou, fourth son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.
- July 10 - William the Silent, Dutch statesmen, stadtholder, and general
- The Confucian scholar Yi I (Yulgok) of Joseon
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