1573
year
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1540s 1550s 1560s – 1570s – 1580s 1590s 1600s |
| Years: | 1570 1571 1572 – 1573 – 1574 1575 1576 |
Events change
Births change
- 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)