1580
year
1580 (MDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1550s 1560s 1570s – 1580s – 1590s 1600s 1610s |
| Years: | 1577 1578 1579 – 1580 – 1581 1582 1583 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1580 MDLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2333 |
| Armenian calendar | 1029 ԹՎ ՌԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6330 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1501–1502 |
| Bengali calendar | 987 |
| Berber calendar | 2530 |
| English Regnal year | 22 Eliz. 1 – 23 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2124 |
| Burmese calendar | 942 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7088–7089 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4276 or 4216 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4277 or 4217 |
| Coptic calendar | 1296–1297 |
| Discordian calendar | 2746 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1572–1573 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5340–5341 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1636–1637 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1501–1502 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4680–4681 |
| Holocene calendar | 11580 |
| Igbo calendar | 580–581 |
| Iranian calendar | 958–959 |
| Islamic calendar | 987–988 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 8 (天正８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1499–1500 |
| Julian calendar | 1580 MDLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 3913 |
| Minguo calendar | 332 before ROC 民前332年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 112 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2122–2123 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1706 or 1325 or 553 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1707 or 1326 or 554 |
Events
change- March 1 – Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.
- June 11 – Juan de Garay founds Buenos Aires.
- June 25 – Publication of the Book of Concord, a collection of Lutheran confessional documents.
- July 12 – Publication of the Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible in a Slavic language.
- September 26 – Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe
- Portugal loses independence to Spain following the death without heirs of king Henry of Portugal. The Habsburg rule would last until 1640.
- Yermak entered Siberia with a band of 1636 men. Russia begins the conquest of Siberia.
- Khorasan Wars were fought between Abbas the Great and his father king Mohammed Khodabandeh.