Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s - 1580s - 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s
Years: 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 - 1584 - 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589
Events
- June 1 - With the death of the Duc d'Anjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir-presumptive to the throne of France.
- Archangelsk is founded in northern Russia.
- Feodor I succeeds his father Ivan IV as Tsar of Russia
- 16 December - John Selden, English jurist
- William Baffin, explorer (+ 1622)
- Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman (approximate date)
- June 1 - François, Duke of Anjou, fourth son of King Henry II of France
- July 10 - William the Silent, Dutch statesmen, stadtholder, and general
- Tsar Ivan IV of Russia
- The Confucian scholar Yi I of Joseon