1584
| Years: 1581 1582 1583 – 1584 – 1585 1586 1587 | |
| Decades: 1550s 1560s 1570s – 1580s – 1590s 1600s 1610s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | |
Events
- June 1 – With the death of the Duc d'Anjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France.
- July 5 – Maronite College established in Rome
- July 10 – William I of Orange assassinated
- Dates between October 5 – 14 ignored in the Gregorian Calendar
- The first translation of the complete Bible into Slovenian language: Bibilija, tu je vse svetu pismu stariga inu noviga testamenta, slovenski tolmačena skuzi Jurija Dalmatina (Wittenberg), i.e. The Bible, it is a Complete Holy Scripture of the Old and of the New Testament, Translated into Slovenian by Jurij Dalmatin.
- Archangelsk is founded in northern Russia.
- Feodor I succeeds his father Ivan IV as Tsar of Russia
Births
- 16 December – John Selden, English jurist (d. 1654)
- William Baffin, English explorer (d. 1622)
Deaths
- March 18 – Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (b. 1530)
- June 1 – François, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
- July 10 – William I of Orange, Dutch leader (b. 1533)
- Yi I of Joseon, Korean Confucian scholar (b. 1536)
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