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1583 Historical Event(s)
- August 5, 1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St John’s, Newfoundland.
- December 17, 1583 – Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeats the troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.
Who Were Born On 1583?
- January 8, 1583 – Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (d. 1643)
- February 23, 1583 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)
- March 3, 1583 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. 1648)
- April 10, 1583 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (d. 1645)
- June 16, 1583 – Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1654)
- June 20, 1583 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)
- September 24, 1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (d. 1634)
- November 24, 1583 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)
- December 25, 1583 – Orlando Gibbons, English composer (d. 1625)