* 1572 – In the Eighty Years ' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.

* 1572 – Marriage in Paris, France of the Huguenot King Henry IV of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.

* 1572 – Mob violence against Huguenots in Paris – St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.

* 1572 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician ( d. 1632 )

* 1655 – Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat ( b. 1572 )

* the bronze statue Goddess Opi ( 1572 – 75 ), Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Pius V ( pope 1566 – 1572 ), however, while sanctioning those which could show at least 200 years of existence, made the Roman obligatory in all other places.

* 12 Kings and Queens of Navarre ( 1305 – 1441, 1572 – 1792 )

** Henry III ( 1572 – 1610 )

* 1572 – Jan Campanus, Czech humanist, composer, pedagogue, poet, and dramatist ( d. 1622 )

* 1572 – Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect ( b. 1512 )

** MacCaffrey Wallace T. The Shaping of the Elizabethan Regime: Elizabethan Politics, 1558 – 1572 ( 1969 )

** MacCaffrey Wallace T. Queen Elizabeth and the Making of Policy, 1572 – 1588 ( 1988 )

* Francis II, Duke of Lorraine ( 1572 – 1632 )

* 1505 – Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian ( d. 1572 )

* 1572 – Elizabeth I of England issues a proclamation which revokes all commissions on account of the frauds which they had fostered.

* 1519 – Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader ( d. 1572 )

As state flag it first appeared around 1572 as the Prince's Flag in orange – white – blue.

* Pedro de Gante, Franciscan missionary in Mexico ( c. 1480 – 1572 )

Galeazzo Alessi ( 1512 – December 30, 1572 ) was an Italian architect from Perugia, known throughout Europe for his distinctive style based on his enthusiasm for ancient architecture.

* Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski ( 1503 – 1572 )

The most influential figure was theologian John Knox ( 1510 – 1572 ), who had lived in Switzerland and was a disciple of both Calvin and Wishart.

In July 1577 he asked the Crown for the grant of Castle Rising, which had been forfeited to the Crown due to his cousin Norfolk's attainder in 1572.

Sir Robert Bell SL ( died 1577 ) of Beaupre Hall, Norfolk, was a Speaker of the House of Commons ( 1572 – 1576 ), who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Knighted 1577, Of Counsel, King's Lynn 1560, Of Counsel, Great Yarmouth from 11 February 1562-3, < sup > DNB </ sup > Recorder from 1561, Bencher Middle Temple 1565, Autumn Reader 1565, Lent Reader 1571, Justice of the Peace of the Quorum, Norfolk from 1564, Speaker 8 May 1572, Commissioner of Grain 1576, Musters by 1576, 22 January 1577-Serjeant-at-Law, 24 January 1577-Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

He was included in the Act of Indemnity of 26 January 1572, and subscribed the Articles of Pacification at Perth on 23 February 1573, by one of which he was appointed one of the judges of the trial of claims for restitution of goods arising out of acts of violence committed during the Civil War ; Provost of Glasgow 1574 to 1577, and an Extraordinary Lord of Session 24 October 1573.

Tycho Brahe's studies of the nova of 1572 and the comet of 1577 were the first major challenges to the idea that orbs existed as solid, incorruptible, material objects.

She bore two more children after Guy: Anne ( b. 1572 ), and Elizabeth ( b. 1575 ).

* 1572 – Sigismund II Augustus of Poland ( b. 1520 )

* 1572 – Girolamo Maggi, Italian Renaissance man ( b. c. 1523 )

* September 25 – Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan ( b. 1572 )

* May 25 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher ( b. 1572 )

* August 25 – Thomas Dekker, English dramatist ( b. c. 1572 )

** Venerable William Knight, English Catholic martyr ( b. 1572 )

* August 22 – Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer ( b. 1572 )

* December 23 – John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ( b. 1572 )

* March 7 – Johann Bayer, German astronomer ( b. 1572 )

* March 31 – John Donne, English writer and prelate ( b. 1572 )

* November 7 – Cornelius Drebbel, Dutch inventor ( b. 1572 )

* August 6 – Ben Jonson, English writer ( b. 1572 )

* September 15 – John Floyd, English Jesuit preacher ( b. 1572 )

* August 10 – Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat ( b. 1572 )

* December 12 – Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini or Mazzolini or Asoleni, Italian painter ( b. c. 1572 )

* June 9 – Thomas Tomkins, Welsh composer ( b. 1572 )

Robert Catesby ( b. in or after 1572 – 8 November 1605 ), was the leader of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

By his second wife, Jacqueline de Montbel ( 1541-1588 ), the Countess d ' Entremont and Launay-Gelin, Gaspard had one daughter, Beatrice, who became Beatrice de Coligny ( b. 1572 ), Countess d ' Entremont.

In 1519, Charles married young Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( b. 1494-d. 1572 ), daughter of Henry I of Lüneburg, Duke of Brunswick-Lunebourg and Marguerite of Saxony.

1572 Antwerp-c. 1620 ) and Marcus Christoph ( b. Munich, active 1614 to after 1650 ).