1583
| Years: 1580 1581 1582 – 1583 – 1584 1585 1586 | |
| Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s – 1580s – 1590s 1600s 1610s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | |
Events
- August 5 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland.
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi commences construction of Osaka Castle in Japan.
- King James VI of Scotland signs a charter creating the Tounis College – what is now the University of Edinburgh. For some unknown reason, the charter was dated a year earlier, as 1582.
- First documented battle of India's independence against an European colonial ruler was fought by the Desais of Cuncolim in Goa against the Portuguese.
Births
- February 23 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French astrologer (d. 1656)
- April 10 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist (d. 1645)
- September – Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer (d. 1643)
- Nzinga, warrior queen of Ndongo and Matamba (d. 1663)
- Orlando Gibbons, English composer and organist (d. 1625)
- John Pym, British politician (d. 1643)
Deaths
- February 18 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian author (b. 1503)
- July 6 – Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 31 December – Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (b. 1524)
- Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, queen of John II of Sweden (b. 1526)
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