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What happened in 1570?
9 events across 5 world regions, each with its sources.
Europe
- Scientific Revolution
In the 16th and 17th centuries, a Scientific Revolution took place in Europe, with breakthroughs in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology, and chemistry, altering the human understanding of nature. It marked the emergence of modern science, breaking with Greek traditions, embracing a mechanistic worldview, integrating mathematics, and emphasizing new evidence.
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- Outbreak of the Protestant Reformation
In 1517, the Protestant Reformation broke out in Western Christianity. Initiated by theologians like Martin Luther, the movement posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and Catholic authority, seeking to return to the roots of Christianity. It marked the beginning of Protestantism, the end of the Middle Ages, and the start of the early modern period.
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- Livonian War
The Livonian War (1558–1583) was fought over control of Old Livonia. The Tsardom of Russia faced a coalition of the Dano-Norwegian realm, Sweden, and the Polish–Lithuanian union. Old Livonia broadly corresponds to today’s Estonia and Latvia, placing the conflict in the Baltic north.
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- Northern Seven Years' War begins
In 1563, the Northern Seven Years' War broke out. Sweden fought a coalition of Denmark–Norway, Lübeck, and Poland–Lithuania. The conflict stemmed from Danish King Frederick II's discontent over the dissolution of the Kalmar Union and Swedish King Eric XIV's aim to end Danish dominance. After years of exhausting fighting, the Treaty of Stettin in 1570 resulted in a stalemate with no territorial changes.
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North Africa
- Second Rebellion of the Alpujarras
Between 1568 and 1571, the Moriscos of the Kingdom of Granada staged a second rebellion against the Castilian Crown in the Alpujarras region. The uprising was directly triggered by Philip II's Pragmatic Sanction of 1567, which imposed forced assimilation of Morisco cultural practices.
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- Construction Begins on Las Palmas Cathedral
The Cathedral of Santa Ana in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, is the most important religious building in the archipelago and the seat of the Diocese of Canarias. Its construction began in the late 16th century, and it later became the spiritual center of the islands.
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Central Asian steppe
- Outbreak of the First Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570)
In 1568, the Ottoman Empire and the Tsardom of Russia came into conflict over the Astrakhan Khanate, initiating the first of twelve Russo-Turkish wars. The hostilities centred on the Don-Volga-Astrakhan campaign of 1569, also known as the Astrakhan Expedition. The war represented a regional struggle for control of the lower Volga and the northern Caspian, setting the stage for centuries of rivalry between the two powers that would last until World War I.
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East Asia
- Battle of Anegawa
In 1570, the allied forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu clashed with the Azai and Asakura clans near the Anegawa River in Ōmi Province. This Sengoku period battle marked the first joint operation of the Oda-Tokugawa alliance and demonstrated Nobunaga's effective use of firearms. The allied victory weakened the Azai and Asakura, facilitating Nobunaga's rise to power.
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West Asia
- Outbreak of the Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War
In 1570, the Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War, also known as the War of Cyprus, broke out between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. Venice was supported by the Holy League, a coalition of Christian states formed by the pope, including Spain, Genoa, Savoy, the Knights Hospitaller, and Tuscany. The war lasted from 1570 to 1573.
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Around 1570
These are known only to the century, not to the year. They are listed separately so a rough date is never mistaken for an exact one.
- Beginning of the Columbian Exchange
- Beginning of the Renaissance
- Construction of the Badaling Section of the Great Wall
- Formation of the Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
- Founding of Varlaam Monastery
- Completion of the Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
- Construction of Villa d'Este begins
- Construction of the Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri