1577
| Years: 1574 1575 1576 – 1577 – 1578 1579 1580 | |
| Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s – 1570s – 1580s 1590s 1600s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | |
Events
- March 17 – formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold
- September 17 – Peace of Bergerac signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots
- The church in San Pedro in the Atacama Desert in Chile was built.
Births
- February 6 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman who conspired to kill her father (d. 1599)
- April 12 – King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (d. 1648)
- June 12 – Paul Guldin, Swiss Jesuit mathematician (d. 1643)
- June 28 – Peter Paul Rubens, German painter (d. 1640)
- November 25 – Piet Hein, Dutch naval officer and folk hero (d. 1629)
Deaths
- June 11 – King John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
- August 27 – Titian, Italian artist
- November 19 – Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
- November 29 – Saint Cuthbert Mayne, English Roman Catholic martyr (b. 1543)
Categories: 1577