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March 1, 1579Born on Friday March 2, 1579
- Lady Elizabeth Ann Fuller, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England († 1633)
- John Walter, Froxfield, Wiltshire, England († 1630)
- Derckjen Jans, Deventer († 1617)
- Gaspard de Villeneuve, Fayence, Var, France († 1652)
Born on March 2
- 1432 » Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach, countess consort of Hanau († 1457)
- 1453 » Johannes Engel, German doctor, astronomer and astrologer († 1512)
- 1459 » Pope Adrian VI († 1523)
- 1481 » Franz von Sickingen, German knight († 1523)
- 1545 » Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library († 1613)
- 1577 » George Sandys, English traveller, colonist and poet († 1644)
- 1628 » Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1684)
- 1651 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet († 1730)
- 1705 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1793)
- 1740 » Nicholas Pocock, English naval painter (d.1821)
Died on March 2
- 1333 » Wladyslaw I, king of Poland (b. 1261)
- 1589 » Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. 1520)
- 1619 » Anne of Denmark, queen of Scotland (b. 1574)
- 1729 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
- 1755 » Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
- 1791 » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
- 1793 » Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
- 1797 » Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (b. 1717)
- 1829 » Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)
- 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
Names that were popular for boys in 1579
Names that were popular for girls in 1579
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1579
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- January 6 » The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.
- January 23 » The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
- February 6 » The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
- June 26 » Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
- July 8 » Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
- October 19 » James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.