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Centuries: Year in Review 16th Century (15th century - 16th century - 17th century)

Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s? 1590s? 1600s 1610s 1620s

Years: 1567? 1568 1569? 1570? 1571 - 1572 - 1573 1574 1575? 1576? 1577?

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Births

Deaths

• Humanistic scholar [Pierre de la Ramée]? who was first to make a distinction between I and J.

Events

• Ending of the Muromachi? period in Japan
• [Union of Utrecht]?, Northern provinces of the [Low Countries]? unite against the Spaniards; informal beginning of The Netherlands