History
1582
General
Population: 525 Million*
- Chronology: Gregorian calendar introduced under Pope Gregory XIII (omits 10 days) - Protestant countries refuse to adopt Gregorian calendar
- Entertainment: Writers include George Buchanan (Scottish history), Richard Hakluyt (Americas)
- Science: Urbain Hemand investigates anatomy of teeth
- Deaths: Mystic St. Teresa de Avila (Teresa de Jesus), Humanist George Buchanan, Nobunayaga ruler of Japan
Americas
- Canada: First English colony in Newfoundland founded
Asia
- China: Jesuit mission founded in China
- India: Akbar abolishes slavery in Mogul empire
- Japan: Nobunayaga the ruler of Japan assassinated and Hideyoshi rules
Europe
- General: Peace of Jam-Zapolski – Russia loses access to Baltic and abandons Livonia and Estonia to Poland (and Sweden)
Gregorian Calendar adopted in Papal States – Spain and Portugal in Oct – France Netherlands and Scandinavia in Dec – England in 1752
- England: Royal Navy gets graduated pay according to rank
London's first waterworks founded – water wheels installed on London Bridge
- Holland: Attempt on the life of William of Orange
Utrecht Library founded
- Holy Roman Empire: Venetian Constitution amended – authority of Council of Ten restricted
- Scotland: Raid of Ruthven – James VI kidnapped by Protestant nobles
U of Edinburgh founded