WHAT HAPPENED IN 1576.
Look what happened the 1576.

The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza. (20. January 1576)

Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. (5. February 1576)

Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán. (8. March 1576)

Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. (1. May 1576)

Martin Frobisher sights Greenland. (11. July 1576)

The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on Ven, Denmark. (8. August 1576)

Eighty Years' War: In Flanders, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city is nearly destroyed). (4. November 1576)

Eighty Years' War: Pacification of Ghent – The States-General of the Netherlands meet and unite to oppose Spanish occupation. (8. November 1576)

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