Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1581. This year saw 6 significant events.
Sir Francis Drake (1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580 (being the…
Ballet is a formalized italian dance form with its origins in the Italian Renaissance courts of 15th and 16th centuries.
English Parliament passes laws restricting Catholicism
English Jesuit priest Edmund Campion arrested for sedition in Anglican England (later hung, drawn and quartered)
Leiden University names Rudolph Snellius as math professor
Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma, conquers Tournai after a 47-day siege
Sir Francis Drake (1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for making the second circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580 (being the…
Ballet is a formalized italian dance form with its origins in the Italian Renaissance courts of 15th and 16th centuries.
English Parliament passes laws restricting Catholicism
English Jesuit priest Edmund Campion arrested for sedition in Anglican England (later hung, drawn and quartered)
Leiden University names Rudolph Snellius as math professor
Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma, conquers Tournai after a 47-day siege