History
1584
General
Population: 527 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Giordano Bruno, Nicholas Sanders (Anglican schism), Reginald Scot (against superstition and false witchcraft),
- Deaths: Czar Ivan IV "The Terrible", Poet Jan Kochanowsky, Archbishop of Milan Carlo Borromeo, Francis Duke of Anjou, William of Orange (assassinated),
Composer Pietro Vinci,
Europe
- General: Oldest extant wave-swept lighthouse erected at Cordouan on mouth of Gironde River
- England: William of Orange assassinated at instigation of Philip II by Balthazar Gerard
Emmanuel College in Cambridge founded by Sir Walter Mildmay
John Lyly produces plays at Blackfriars Theatre in London
Uppingham School founded
England sends aids to Netherlands
- Holland: England sends aid after William of Orange assassinated
- Italian States: Foundation of Accademia dei Scienze Lettere ed Arti in Luca
Banco di Rialto founded in Venice
- Russia: End of reign of Czar Ivan IV "the Terrible" (last Rurik ruler) – succeeded as Czar by son Fydor (Michael Romanov) who relinquishes most of his powers to brother-in-law Boris Godunov
Dutch trading post founded at Archangel Russia
- Scotland: Regents rule
- Spain: Building of palace of Escorial near Madrid completed
- Switzerland: Alliance of Bern Geneva and Zurich against Roman Catholic cantons
South
- General: Sir Walter Raleigh explores Virginia named after virgin queen, and also Carolinas