PEACH

World

Population: 518 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Guillaume de Salluste Segneur du Bartas Judith, Portuguese epic poem ab out Vasco de Gama, Poem on kings of France, Annibale Caro (history of Tuscan language), Henri Etienne (Greek thesaurus), Matthew Parker De antiquitate Britannicae ecclesiae,
Music includes cello "Il Re" created by Andrea Amati of Cremona,
Religion: Death of Pope Pius V – Pope Gregory XIII the former Cardinal Ugo Buoncompagni
Jean de Serres mamkes survey of French wars of religion
Science: Early book on alchemy published by Basel
Tycho Brahe discovers the "New Star" in the Milky Way – challenging idea that the heavens never change
Deaths: Reformer John Knox, Architect Galezzo Alessi, Pope Pius V, Historian Aegidius Tschudi, Mystic Isaak Luria, Artist François Clouet,

England: Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Northumberland tried for treason and executed
Lord Burghley made Lord High Treasurer
William Byrd and Thomas Tallis made organists at the Chapel Royal
English Parliament demands execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Society of Antiquaries founded in London
Parishes in England allowed to levy taxes to help poor
France: Massacre of St. Bartholemew as perhaps 20,000 Protestants die in Paris and France with 2,000 Huguenots dying including Gaspard de Coligny – Pope Gregory XIII calls for celebratory bonfires – Catherine de Medici (mother of King Henry III) blamed
Fourth War of Religion begins in France
Henry of Navarre married Margaret of Valois the sister of Charles IX of France
Holland: Dutch Sea Beggars take Brill
Dutch war of independence begins with resistance led by William of Orange
Pigeons first used as carriers by Dutch during Spanish siege of Haarlem
Poland: Estates of Poland declare the monarchy elective
Scotland: Earl of Mar the Regent of Scotland dies and is succeeded by Earl of Morton