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•  January 15, 1582 – Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
•  April 16, 1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
•  June 21, 1582 – Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga is forced to commit suicide in Honnō-ji, Kyoto.
•  October 4, 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
•  October 6, 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
•  October 7, 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
•  October 11, 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
•  October 12, 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
•  October 13, 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
•  November 28, 1582 – In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage license.

•  January 28, 1582 – John Barclay, Scottish writer (d. 1621)
•  February 6, 1582 – Mario Bettinus, Italian philosopher, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1657)
•  May 1, 1582 – Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643)
•  May 28, 1582 – William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)
•  August 28, 1582 – Taichang Emperor, of the Ming Dynasty of China (d. 1620)
•  October 17, 1582 – Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)
•  October 19, 1582 – Dmitry Ivanovich, Russian Tsarevich (d. 1591)
•  November 27, 1582 – Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (d. 1651)
•  December 23, 1582 – Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663)