In the year 1582, Russia cedes its conquered areas in Livonia (Northern Latvia and Southern Estonia) to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Jan 15), Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar , and Thursday October 4 of Julian calendar becomes in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain Friday, October 15 of the Gregorian, skipping over 10 days (Oct 4-15), future English playwright William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway (Nov 29) - and all these fine people were born:
1582-0106 Alonso de Contreras* privateer/ adventurer/writer - Madrid, Spanish Empire (1641/59)
1582-0126 Giovanni Lanfranco* Italian painter - Parma (1647/65)
1582-0128 John Barclay* Scottish writer/satirist/poet - Pont-à-Mousson, Kingdom of France (1621/39)
1582-0208 Matthias Bernegger* German philologist/ astronomer - Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Holy Roman Empire (1640/57)
1582-0222 John Ratcliffe* soldier/ politician - Ordsall, Lancashire, England (1627/45)
1582-0315 Daniel Featley* theologian/ controversialist - Charlton-upon-Otmoor, Oxfordshire, England (1645/63)
1582-0322 John Williams* clergyman/ Archbishop of York/political advisor to King James I - Conwy, Wales (1650/68)
1582-0408 Phineas Fletcher (B) priest/ poet/writer - Cranbrook, Kent, England (1650/68)
1582-0411 Justus de Harduwijn* priest/ poet - Ghent, Southern Netherlands (1636/54)
1582-0501 Marco da Gagliano* composer - Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1643/60)
1582-0626 Johannes Schultz* composer - Lüneburg, Germany (1653/70)
1582-0628 William Fiennes* nobleman/ politician - Broughton Castle, Oxfordshire, England (1662/79)
1582-0727 John Isham* High Sheriff of Northamptonshire/nobleman - England (1651/68)
1582-0811 Sabina Catharina of East Frisia* Countess of Rietberg - Esens, Lower Saxony (1618/35)
1582-0817 John Matthew Rispoli* Maltese philosopher - Senglea, Malta (1639/56)
1582-0828 Taichang Emperor* 泰昌帝 the 15th Emperor of the Ming dynasty - Ming Dynasty (1620/38)
1582-0924 Deodat del Monte (B) Flemish painter/architect/engineer - Sint-Truiden (1644/62)
1582-0925 Archduchess Eleanor of Austria* of the House of Habsburg - Graz (1620/37)
1582-1017 Johann Gerhard* German theologian/Lutheran church leader - Quedlinburg, Saxony (1637/54)
1582-1019 Dmitry of Uglich* son of Tsar Ivan the Terrible - Uglich, Russia (1591/8)
1582-1022 Francesco Piccolomini* Italian Jesuit - Siena (1651/68)
1582-1102 Elizabeth Jane Weston* English-Czech poet - Chipping Norton, Oxforshire, England (1612/30)
1582-1121 François Maynard* poet - Toulouse, Kingdom of France (1646/64)
1582-1210 William Chappell* clergyman/ bishop in Ireland - Mansfield, England (1649/66)
1582-1216 Robert Bertie* soldier/ adventurer/godson of Queen Elizabeth I - England (1642/59)
1582-1223 Severo Bonini* Italian organist/ composer - Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1663/80)
Updated 26.7.2022
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