1579 - What happened in 1579 ?

January 1579

The Union of Atrecht was signed

The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.

Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.

Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, was discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.

English royal marriage of Queen Elizabeth I to duke of Anjou.

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