1579
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1540s 1550s 1560s – 1570s – 1580s 1590s 1600s |
| Years: | 1576 1577 1578 – 1579 – 1580 1581 1582 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1579 MDLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2332 |
| Armenian calendar | 1028 ԹՎ ՌԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6329 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1500–1501 |
| Bengali calendar | 986 |
| Berber calendar | 2529 |
| English Regnal year | 21 Eliz. 1 – 22 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2123 |
| Burmese calendar | 941 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7087–7088 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 4275 or 4215 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4276 or 4216 |
| Coptic calendar | 1295–1296 |
| Discordian calendar | 2745 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1571–1572 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5339–5340 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1635–1636 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1500–1501 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4679–4680 |
| Holocene calendar | 11579 |
| Igbo calendar | 579–580 |
| Iranian calendar | 957–958 |
| Islamic calendar | 986–987 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 7 (天正７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1498–1499 |
| Julian calendar | 1579 MDLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3912 |
| Minguo calendar | 333 before ROC 民前333年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 111 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2121–2122 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1705 or 1324 or 552 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1706 or 1325 or 553 |
1579 (MDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1579th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 579th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 16th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1570s decade. As of the start of 1579, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events[change | change source]
- January 6 – The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain.
- January 23 – The Union of Utrecht united the northern Netherlands in a confederation called the United Provinces. William I of Orange becomes Stadtholder, and the Duc d'Anjou, younger brother of Henry III of France is invited to become hereditary sovereign.
- March – Capture of Maastricht by the Spanish under Parma.
- June 17 – Sir Francis Drake, during his circumnavigation of the world, lands in what is now California, which he claims for Queen Elizabeth I. With an English claim here and in Newfoundland, it becomes the basis for English colonial charters which will claim all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from "sea to sea." Drake's claim is called "Nova Albion" (meaning, New England), and subsequent maps will show all lands north of New Spain and New Mexico under this name.