Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s
Years: 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585 - 1586 - 1587 1588 1589 1590 1591
Events
Births
Deaths
- Sir Philip Sidney, in the battle of Zutphen[?]
- June 28 - Primoz Trubar, the author of the first printed book in Slovenian
- Lucas Cranach the Younger, a painter
- Sir Anthony Babington[?], executed for leading the Babington plot.
- Stephen Báthory King of Poland[?].
- Joan Naylor, mother of the Richard Boyle, First Earl of Cork[?].
- Composer Andrea Gabrieli
- Ottavio Farnese[?] Duke of Parma and Piacenza[?]
- Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier and soldier, he remains known as a writer of sonnets.
- Joachim Ernest[?] who united the whole of Anhalt under his rule
- Peter Symonds[?] whose will creates a fund to create Peter Symonds College
- Theoleptus II[?], Orthodox Patriach of Constantinople[?]