Gregory Conquers Julius Caesar
Jan 1 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland & Flanders
- Jan 12 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
- Feb 21 Groningen, Netherlands, begins using Gregorian calendar
- Mar 18 Dutch States General and Anjou sign treaty
- Jun 17 Brabant: Duke of Parma beats French mercenaries
- Jun 18 Richard Martin of London takes out first life insurance policy, on William Gibbons; premium was £383
- Jul 17 Spanish and Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk
- Aug 5 Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the British crown, the first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire
- Sep 9 Sinking of the English ship Squirrel off the Azores with explorer and founder of Newfoundland, Humphrey Gilbert, on board
Willem IV van den Bergh Imprisoned
Nov 5 Dutch Count William IV van den Bergh, Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen and his family taken prisoner on suspicion of treason by forces of William I of Orange
- Nov 20 Duke of Parma conquers Aalst
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V