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Tue Apr 16 2002 at 21:46:56
In the year 1584...
Rebellion against Spanish rule continues in the
Netherlands
. Italian-born Spanish general
Alessandro Farnese
overruns
Flanders
, capturing
Ghent
and
Ypres
and laying siege to
Antwerp
.
Japanese warlord
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
clashes with his main rival for control of Japan,
Tokugawa Ieyasu
, at the indecisive battles of
Komaki
and
Nagakute
.
Sir Walter Raleigh
sends
Philip Amadas
and
Arthur Barlowe
to explore the cost of
North America
. Their glowing account of
Roanoke Island
(in what is now
North Carolina
) leads to the establishment of a colony there the following year under Sir
Richard Grenville
Italian philosopher
Giordano Bruno
writes two dialogues arguing against the idea of the
planetary spheres
.
The
Accademia di Santa Cecilia
, the world's oldest academy of music, is founded in
Rome
.
German satirist
Nikodemus Frischlin
writes
Julius Redivivus
, a comedy in the style of
Aristophanes
in which Olympian gods come to Germany to discuss contemporary figures.
English playwright
John Lyly
writes
Campaspe
and
Sappho and Phao
.
Cambridge University
's
Emmanuel College
is founded.
These people were born in 1584:
Legendary Japanese
samurai
warrior
Miyamoto Musashi
.
Frederick Henry
, Prince of Orange, the son of
William the Silent
and future ruler of the
Netherlands
.
Matthias, Graf von Gallas
, imperial general in the
Thirty Years War
.
Pilgrim
leader
Miles Standish
(approximate).
British explorer
William Baffin
(approximate).
English jurist
John Selden
.
Dutch orientalist
Thomas Erpenius
.
These people died in 1584:
Russian Czar
Ivan the Terrible
(
Ivan IV
), succeeded by his son
Feodor I
.
William the Silent
, Prince of Orange, assassinated by a French Catholic fanatic.
Francis, Duke of Alençon
, brother and heir to French king
Henry III
. His death precipitates a succession dispute that leads to the so-called "
War of the Three Henrys
."
Scottish lord
William Ruthven
, Fourth Lord of
Ruthven
and First Earl of
Gowrie
, author of the
Ruthven Raid
, beheaded for high treason.
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