Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584), Grand Prince of Moscow and the first Tsar of all Russia
In the year 1584, Archangelsk in northern Russia is founded (Jan-Mar), Ivan the Terrible of Russia dies, and is succeeded by his son Feodor (Mar 28), the conflict between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu culminates in the Battle of Nagakute (May 17), Roanoke Island is located by the British (Jun 4), the Siege of Antwerp by the Spanish begins (Jul), William I of Orange is assassinated (Jul 10) – and all these fine people were born:
1584-xxxx William Baffin* navigator/ explorer/cartographer - London, England (1622/c. 38)
1584-0101 Charles de Lorme* physician/served in the House of Medici - Moulins, Kingdom of France (1678/c. 93)
1584-0129 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange* (Frederik Hendrik van Orange) the leading soldier in the Dutch wars against Spain/son of William the Silent – Delft, Dutch Republic (1647/63)
1584-0209 Francesco Maria Richini* Italian architect - Milan, Papal States (1658/74)
1584-0212 Caspar Barlaeus* Dutch polymath/Renaissance humanist/historian - Antwerp (1648/63)
1584-0329 Ferdinando Fairfax* nobleman/ politician/commander in the Parliamentary army - Yorkshire, England (1648/63)
1584-0429 Melchior Teschner* German cantor/composer/theologian - Wschowa, Polish Crown (1635/51)
1584-0517 Hans Jacob Hess* Swiss-German Anabaptist minister/martyr - Zürich, Switzerland (1639/55)
1584-0520 John Pym* parlamentarian/critic of kings – Brymore, Somerset, England (1643/59)
1584-0606 Yuan Chonghuan* 袁崇煥 politician/ military general/writer - Dongguan, Ming Dynasty (1630/46)
1584-0625 Richard Strode* politician/MP - Newnham, Dorset, England (1669/83)
1584-0726 Gaspard III de Coligny* Marshal of France - Montpellier, Kingdom of France (1646/61)
1584-0815 Henrik Fleming* admiral/diplomat/lord marshal – Åkersholm, Finland-Sweden (1650/66)
1584-0908 Grégoire de Saint-Vincent* Flemish Jesuit/mathematician - Bruges, Spanish Netherlands (1667/82)
1584-0911 Thomas van Erpe* orientalist /first European to publish an accurate book of Arabic grammar - Gorinchem, Dutch Republic (1624/40)
1584-0917 John Finch* nobleman/ judge/politician - Eastwell, Kent, England (1660/76)
1584-1010 Philip Herbert* nobleman/ courtier/political activist - Wilton House, Wiltshire, England (1650/65)
1584-1118 Gaspar de Crayer* Flemish painter - Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands (1669/84)
1584-1225 Margaret of Austria* Queen of Spain and Portugal - Graz (1611/26)
Published in Helsinki, FIN. Updated 16.7.2022
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