Important Historical Events of the year 1579, Year 1579 in History

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List of 1579 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1579

What happened in the year 1579?

Date	Event
January 6, 1579	The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.
January 23, 1579	The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
February 6, 1579	The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
March 12, 1579	Start of the Siege of Maastricht, part of the Eighty Years' War.
June 17, 1579	Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
June 26, 1579	Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
July 8, 1579	Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
July 26, 1579	Francis Drake, the English explorer, discovers a major bay on the coast of California (San Francisco).
October 19, 1579	James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.