1573

Years:
1570 1571 1572 - 1573 - 1574 1575 1576
Decades:
1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s
Centuries:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century
1573 in literature
1573 in science

Events

January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland.
July 6 - Córdoba, Argentina is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
July 12 - Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva capture Haarlem after a seven month siege.
August-October - Unsuccessful siege of Alkmaar by Alva
November - Alva resigns as Spanish Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in the Netherlands, and is succeeded by Luis de Requesens, who attempts to pursue a more conciliatory policy.
End of the Fourth War of Religion in France.
Oda Nobunaga drives the 14th Ashikaga shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki out of Kyoto, effectively destroying the Ashikaga shogunate and historically ending the Muromachi period. The Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japan begins.
Sarsa Dengel, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats the Oromo in a battle near Lake Zway.

January 10 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (died 1624)
April 17 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (died 1651)
April 26 - Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
July 15 - Inigo Jones, English architect (died 1652)
July 25 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (died 1650)
September 28 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (died 1610)
October 6 - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (died 1624)
October 7 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1645)
Ambrosius Bosschaert, Dutch painter (died 1621)
Pietro Carrera, Sicilian chess player, priest and painter (died 1647)
Robert Catesby, English leader of the Gunpowder Plot (died 1605)
Odoardo Farnese, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy (died 1626)
Ukita Hideie, Japanese daimyo (died 1655)
Richard Johnson, English romance writer (died 1659)
Johannes Junius, Burgomeister of Bamberg (died 1628)
John Kendrick, English merchant (died 1624)
Oeyo, wife of Tokugawa Hidetada
Juan Pujol, Catalan composer and organist (died 1626)
Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, natural son of Charles IX of France (died 1650)

March 13 - Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman (born 1505)
May 13 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)
July 29 - John Caius, English physician (born 1510)
August 14 - Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (born 1548)
September 23 - Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (born 1524)
October 27 - Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)
December 30 - Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian novelist and poet (born 1504)
Pieter Aertsen, Dutch historical painter (born 1507)
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Spanish philosopher and theologian (born 1494)
William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, English Lord High Admiral (born 1510)
Etienne Jodelle, French dramatist and poet (born 1532)
Shimazu Katsuhisa, Japanese nobleman
Michel de L'Hospital, Chancellor of France (born 1505)
Takeda Nobutora, Japanese warlord
Wigbolt Ripperda, Mayor of Haarlem
Paul Skalic, Croatian encyclopedist (born 1534)
Reginald Wolfe, English printer
Murakami Yoshikiyo, Japanese warlord (born 1501)