1578 - What happened in 1578 ?
May 1578
Wednesday 31:
Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.
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July 1578
Sunday 02:
Martin Frobisher sights Baffin Island.
August 1578
Friday 04:
Moroccans defeat Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is defeated and killed in North Africa, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
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