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List of 1582 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1582

What happened in the year 1582?

Date Event
January 15, 1582 Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
February 24, 1582 With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
April 16, 1582 Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
June 21, 1582 Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
July 2, 1582 Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
October 4, 1582 The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
October 15, 1582 Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.
November 28, 1582 In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 (equivalent to £12,261 in 2021) bond in lieu of posting wedding banns, which enables them to marry immediately.