Events of 1582

• January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Southern-Estonia to Poland.
• February 10 - François, Duke of Anjou, arrives in the Netherlands, where he's personally welcomed by William the Silent.
• February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar.
• April 16 - Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
• June 21 - The Incident at Honnō-ji occurs in Kyoto, Japan.
• October 4 of Julian calendar (Thursday) - Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain make the next day Friday, October 15 of the Gregorian Calendar, skipping over 10 days. Other countries follow at various later dates.
• November 28 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 year-old William Shakespeare and 26 year-old Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license (Shakespeare would later become one of the greatest playwrights in history).
• December 9 of Julian calendar (Sunday) - France makes the next day Monday, December 20 of the Gregorian Calendar.
• October 4 - Saint Teresa of Avila dies. She is buried the next day, October 15 (see explanation of calendar change)

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• Kumbum is founded in Tibet.
• In China, Jesuit Matteo Ricci is allowed to enter during the Ming Dynasty.
• The earliest date of reference to the publishing of private newspapers in Beijing, during the Ming Dynasty of China.
• The sultanate of Morocco begins to press southward in search of a greater share of the trans-Saharan trade.
• The Douai-Rheims Bible is published.
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacks a fortress at Takamatsu.

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