1573
year
1573 (MDLXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Monday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1573 MDLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2326 |
| Armenian calendar | 1022 ԹՎ ՌԻԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6323 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1494–1495 |
| Bengali calendar | 980 |
| Berber calendar | 2523 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Eliz. 1 – 16 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2117 |
| Burmese calendar | 935 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7081–7082 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4269 or 4209 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4270 or 4210 |
| Coptic calendar | 1289–1290 |
| Discordian calendar | 2739 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1565–1566 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5333–5334 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1629–1630 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1494–1495 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4673–4674 |
| Holocene calendar | 11573 |
| Igbo calendar | 573–574 |
| Iranian calendar | 951–952 |
| Islamic calendar | 980–981 |
| Japanese calendar | Genki 4 / Tenshō 1 (天正元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1492–1493 |
| Julian calendar | 1573 MDLXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3906 |
| Minguo calendar | 339 before ROC 民前339年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 105 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2115–2116 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1699 or 1318 or 546 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1700 or 1319 or 547 |
Events
changeBirths
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)