1580
1580 (MDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1580th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 580th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1580s decade. As of the start of 1580, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1550s 1560s 1570s – 1580s – 1590s 1600s 1610s |
| Years: | 1577 1578 1579 – 1580 – 1581 1582 1583 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1580 MDLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2333 |
| Armenian calendar | 1029 ԹՎ ՌԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6330 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1501–1502 |
| Bengali calendar | 987 |
| Berber calendar | 2530 |
| English Regnal year | 22 Eliz. 1 – 23 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2124 |
| Burmese calendar | 942 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7088–7089 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4276 or 4216 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4277 or 4217 |
| Coptic calendar | 1296–1297 |
| Discordian calendar | 2746 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1572–1573 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5340–5341 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1636–1637 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1501–1502 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4680–4681 |
| Holocene calendar | 11580 |
| Igbo calendar | 580–581 |
| Iranian calendar | 958–959 |
| Islamic calendar | 987–988 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenshō 8 (天正８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1499–1500 |
| Julian calendar | 1580 MDLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 3913 |
| Minguo calendar | 332 before ROC 民前332年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 112 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2122–2123 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1706 or 1325 or 553 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1707 or 1326 or 554 |
Events
- March 1 – Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. They are published later the same year.
- June 11 – Juan de Garay founds Buenos Aires.
- June 25 – Publication of the Book of Concord, a collection of Lutheran confessional documents.
- July 12 – Publication of the Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible in a Slavic language.
- September 26 – Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe
- Portugal loses independence to Spain following the death without heirs of king Henry of Portugal. The Habsburg rule would last until 1640.
- Yermak entered Siberia with a band of 1636 men. Russia begins the conquest of Siberia.
- Khorasan Wars were fought between Abbas the Great and his father king Mohammed Khodabandeh.
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