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April 3, 1582Born on Sunday April 4, 1582
- Johannes Keller II, Großsüßen († 1594)
- William Scarborough, Woburn, Bedfordshire, England († 1595)
- Margareta Van Goirle, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgium
- Hans Keller, Großsüßen, Goppingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany († 1635)
Died on Sunday April 4, 1582
- Jane Haimor (61), St Nicholas Acons, Cornwall, England
- Dirck Jacobsz. van Voorhout ten Deijl (44)
- Huijbrecht Vincentsz. van Adrichem (22), Vlaardingen, ZH, Nederland
Born on April 4
- 1490 » Vojtěch I of Pernstein, Bohemian nobleman († 1534)
- 1492 » Ambrosius Blarer, German-Swiss theologian and reformer († 1564)
- 1572 » William Strachey, English author († 1621)
- 1586 » Richard Saltonstall, English diplomat († 1661)
- 1593 » Edward Nicholas, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1669)
- 1640 » Gaspar Sanz, Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest († 1710)
- 1646 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist († 1715)
- 1648 » Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor († 1721)
- 1676 » Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer († 1760)
- 1688 » Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer († 1768)
Died on April 4
- 1483 » Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (b. c. 1405)
- 1536 » Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)
- 1538 » Elena Glinskaya, Grand Princess and regent of Russia
- 1588 » Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1534)
- 1596 » Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1533)
- 1609 » Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1526)
- 1617 » John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1550)
- 1643 » Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1583)
- 1661 » Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish field marshal (b. 1580)
- 1743 » Daniel Neal, English historian and author (b. 1678)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1582
- Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 24 » With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
- June 21 » Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
- July 2 » Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
- October 4 » The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
- October 15 » Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.
- November 28 » In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.