1570
| Years: 1567 1568 1569 - 1570 - 1571 1572 1573 | |
| Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
| 1570 by topic | |
| Arts and science | |
| Architecture - Art - Music - Science | |
| Lists of leaders | |
| Colonial governors - State leaders | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1570 MDLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2323 |
| Armenian calendar | 1019 ԹՎ ՌԺԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 4206/4266-11-25 (己巳年十一月廿五日) — to — 4207/4267-12-5(庚午年十二月初五日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1562 – 1563 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5330 – 5331 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1625 – 1626 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1492 – 1493 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4671 – 4672 |
| Iranian calendar | 948 – 949 |
| Islamic calendar | 978 – 979 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2113 |
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Events
- January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war.
- February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis.
- May 20 - Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas.
- August 8 - The Peace of Saint-Germain ends the Third War of Religion in France. Again, the Huguenots are promised religious freedom and political autonomy.
Births
- January 22 - Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (died 1631)
- April 13 - Guy Fawkes, English conspirator (died 1606)
- June 13 - Paul Peuerl, German organist (died 1625)
- October 4 - Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman (died 1637)
- November 28 - James Whitelocke, English judge (died 1632)
- Diego Aduarte, Prior of Manila (died 1637)
- Robert Ayton, Scottish poet (died 1638)
- John Cooper, English composer and lutenist (died 1626)
- John Farmer, English composer (died 1601)
- Simon Grahame, English adventurer (died 1614)
- Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese daimyo (died 1612)
- Hans Lippershey, Dutch lensmaker (died 1619)
- Asprilio Pacelli, Italian Baroque composer (died 1623)
- Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (died 1655)
- Salamone Rossi, Italian violinist and composer (died 1630)
- John Smyth, English Baptist minister (died 1612)
- Chief Powhatan, Indian Chief from Alonquian tribe (died 1620)
See also Category: 1570 births.
Deaths
- January 8 - Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (born 1510)
- January 23 - James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland (assassinated) (born c1531)
- October 1 - Frans Floris, Flemish painter (born 1520)
- October 18 - Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (born 1517)
- October 20 - João de Barros, Portuguese historian (born 1496)
- November 27 - Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1486)
- François Bonivard, Swiss patriot and historian (born 1496)
- Paris Bordone, Venetian painter (born 1495)
- Jacques Grévin, French dramatist (born 1539)
- Yi Hwang, Korean Confucian scholar (born 1501)
- Aonio Paleario, Italian humanist and reformer (born 1500)
- Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter, architect, and sculptor (born 1504)
- Tomás de Santa María, Spanish music theorist
- Zofia Tarnowska, Polish noblewoman (born 1534)
- Ivan Mikhailovich Viskovatyi, Russian diplomat
See also Category: 1570 deaths.
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