Important Historical Events of the year 1576, Year 1576 in History

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List of 1576 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1576

What happened in the year 1576?

Date	Event
January 20, 1576	The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.
February 5, 1576	Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
March 25, 1576	Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
July 11, 1576	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".
July 12, 1576	Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Rajmahal.
August 8, 1576	The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
November 4, 1576	Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (which is nearly destroyed after three days).
November 8, 1576	Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent: The States General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation.