January 20 » The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.
March 8 » Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán.
May 1 » Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
July 11 » While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".
August 8 » The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
November 8 » Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.
April 13 » Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
August 18 » The trial of the Pendle witches, one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at Lancaster Assizes.
August 19 » The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
September 8 » The foundation day in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.
November 1 » During the Time of Troubles, Polish troops are expelled from Moscow's Kitay-gorod by Russian troops under the command of Dmitry Pozharsky (22 October O.S.).
November 29 » The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
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