1578

Events

  • January 31Battle of Gemblours – Spanish forces under Don John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch. Don John begins to recover control of the French-speaking Southern Netherlands
  • August 4Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir – The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian I of Portugal is defeated and killed in North Africa, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
  • October 1 – Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, succeeds Don John as Spanish Governor-General of the Netherlands.
  • Martin Frobisher held the first celebration of Thanksgiving by Europeans in North American at Newfoundland by the Frobisher Expedition.
  • TibetSonam Gyrso receives from prince Atlan Khan the title of "Talaï" and becomes the third Dalai Lama.
  • Battle of Wenden – The Russians are defeated by the Swedes, who proceed to take Polotsk.
  • The Ottoman Empire conquers Abkhazia.
  • Sixth and so far the last outbreak of the sweating sickness in England
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