Events in year of 1573
- 01-01Geuzen sets fire to Woudrichem
- 02-111st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama)
- 03-07Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty
- 05-09Polish Parliament selects Duke of Anjou as King
- 07-06Pacificatie of Boulogne: new peace treaty with huguenots
- 07-13Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army
- 07-16Alva demands submission of Zealand / Holland
- 08-07Francis Drakes fleet returns to Plymouth
- 09-18Spanish attack Alkmaar
- 10-09Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar
- 10-11Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy
People born in year of 1573
- 01-31Ambrosius Metzger: Composer
- 01-31Giulio Cesare Monteverdi: Composer
- 02-22Gemignano Capilupi: Composer
- 02-28Elias Hill: German architect / city builder (Augsburg)
- 04-17Maximilian I: Duke / ruler of Bayern (Catholic League)
- 06-09Henricus Hondius: Dutch etcher / publisher
- 09-28Caravaggio: Italy -- Painter
- 09-28Michelangelo Buanarroti: Caprese, Italy -- Painter / sculpter
- 10-03Entonius Walaeus: Dutch calvinist theologist
- 10-07William Laud: English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)
- 10-11Jacob Boonen: South Netherlands clergyman / lawyer
- 12-01Philippus Rovenius [Rouveen]: Apostile vicar
- 12-22Ernst Casimir: Count of Nassau-Dietz / Mayor of Frisia / Groningen
People died in year of 1573
- 02-28Jan "Hans" Liefrinck: Flemish engraver / publisher, dies at about 54
- 03-14Claude II: Of Lotharingen, Duke of Aumale / murdered Admiral Coligny
- 06-21Antonie van Burgundy: Mayor of Sealand, dies in battle
- 07-10Willem van Bronkhorst: Brattenburg / Stein / army leader
- 07-20Lancelot of Brederode: Water beggar, beheaded
- 07-29Spanish Prince of Eboli
- 11-07Solomon Luria (Maharshal): Talmudic Author (Yam Shel Shelomo)
- 12-11Alardus / Eilard de Waterlant: Duke of Alva, hanged
Events in year of 1574
- 01-29Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
- 02-09Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
- 02-18Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels
- 02-19Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer and Jisp Neth
- 02-21Spanish garrison of Middelburg Neth surrenders
- 02-23France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots
- 05-30Henry III follows brother Charles IX as King of France
- 05-30Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs. Louis de Boisot)
- 06-18Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
- 09-13Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis
- 10-03Fleet under Admiral Boisot seize Spanish
- 10-28Prince Willem van Orange installs university
People born in year of 1574
- 01-09Christoph Buel: Composer
- 01-17Robert Fludd: Composer
- 01-23Lucas I Franchoys: Belgian painter
- 03-05William Oughtred: England, United Kingdom -- Mathematician / inventor (slide rule)
- 03-07John Wilbye: Composer
- 05-07Innocent X [Giambattista Pamfili]: 236th Pope (1644-55)
- 07-08Giovanni Battista Stefanini: Composer
- 09-16Samuel Coster: Dutch Physician / playwright (Polyxena)
- 09-18Claudio Achillini: Italian lawyer / poet
- 10-21Nicolo Rubini: Composer
- 12-12Anne van Denemarken: Daughter of Danish King Frederik II
- 12-15Samuel Besler: Composer
People died in year of 1574
- 03-05Philip of Saint-Aldegonde: Flem Viceroy Holland / Zealand / Utrecht
- 04-14Christoffel Palts: German General strategist, dies in battle
- 04-14Hendrik: Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle
- 04-14Louis: Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle at 35
- 05-30Charles IX: King of France (1560-74)
- 09-17Pedro Menendez de Aviles: Soldier / navigator
- 10-01Maarten van Heemskerck: Painter (Christ)
- 12-26Charles Guise: Archbishop / Cardinal of Reims, dies at 50
Events in year of 1575
- 01-22English Queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly
- 02-08University of Leiden Neth opens
- 02-11King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
- 06-12William of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
- 06-28Spanish troops conquer Buren
- 07-12Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
- 07-19Spanish Viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater
- 08-07Spanish troops conquer Oudewater, almost all inhabitants died
- 09-16King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to hugenots
- 11-08French Roman Catholics and Huguenots signs treaty
People born in year of 1575
- 07-25Christoph Scheiner: Germany -- Astronomer
- 09-12Henry Hudson: England, United Kingdom -- Navigator / explorer (Hudson River)
People died in year of 1575
- 05-17Matthew Parker: Archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68
- 06-02Pieter Aertsen [Long Worm]: Painter, dies at about 65
- 06-16Hadrianus Junius [Adriaen the Jonghe]: Medical / historian, dies at 63
- 09-29Charles de Boisot: Water beggar, dies in battle at about 45