* 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.

* John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg ( 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619 )

John Sigismund () ( 8 November 1572 – 23 December 1619 ) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern.

* Sigismund II Augustus ( 1520 – 1572 ), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania

* Sigismund Báthory ( 1572 – 1613 ), Prince of Transylvania

Ever since the death of Sigismund II Augustus in 1572, Polish kings were elected by Polish nobility.

* August 1 – King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland ( d. 1572 )

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

* Sigismund Báthory ( 1572 – 1613 ), son of Christopher, Prince of Transylvania.

* Catherine of Austria ( 1533 – 1572 ), third wife of Sigismund II Augustus of Poland

* Sigismund II Augustus of Poland ( 1520 – 1572 )

Sigismund II died in the town in 1572, after which the royal property rapidly fell into neglect.

The following Polish monarch, Sigismund II Augustus, between 1568 – 1572 was realizing building's reconstruction project, for example renaissance Royal House was added to the Bigger Manor, according to Giovanni's Battista di Quadro project.

The registered cossacks were created on the King's edict of Sigismund II Augustus on June 5, 1572 confirming the orders of the Crown Hetman Jerzy Jazłowiecki.

However, in 1572, her brother Sigismund II Augustus died, leaving the thrones to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth vacant.

* Sigismund August II of Poland ( 1520 – 1572 ), Elected Successor of Poland 1529 -, Grand Prince of Lithuania 1544 -, King of Poland 1548-1572.

Sigismund II Augustus ( 1548 – 1572 ) followed in the main the tolerant policy of his father.

The death of Sigismund Augustus ( 1572 ) and thus the termination of the Jagiellon dynasty necessitated the election of his successor by the elective body of all the nobility ( szlachta ).

Beginning with the Lithuanian Grand Duke Jogaila ( Władysław II Jagiełło ), the Jagiellon dynasty ( 1386 – 1572 ) formed the Polish – Lithuanian union.

Rudolf II ( July 18, 1552 – January 20, 1612 ) was Holy Roman Emperor ( 1576 – 1612 ), King of Hungary and Croatia ( 1572 – 1608 ), King of Bohemia ( 1575 – 1608 / 1611 ) and Archduke of Austria ( 1576 – 1608 ).

Władysław II was the founder of the Jagiellon dynasty that bears his name, while pagan Jogaila was an heir to the already established house of Gediminids in Grand Duchy of Lithuania ; the royal dynasty ruled both states until 1572, and became one of the most influential dynasties in the late medieval and early modern Central and Eastern Europe.

Dordrecht around 1565, by Jacob van DeventerIn 1572, four years into the Dutch Revolt, representatives of all the cities of Holland, with the exception of Amsterdam, as well as the Watergeuzen, represented by William II de la Marck, gathered in Dordrecht to hold the Eerste Vrije Statenvergadering (" First Assembly of the Free States "), also known as the Unie van Dordrecht (" Union of Dordrecht ").

In 1572 the Spanish King Philip II conferred the title of Marques de Buglas to the heirs of Juan Sebastian Elcano.

* Joan III of Navarre ( 1528 – 1572 ), daughter of Henry II of Navarre

Francis II ( François de Lorraine ; 27 February 1572 – 14 October 1632 ), was the son of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Claude of Valois.

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

# Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, 1572 – 1632

Two Patriarchs of Constantinople stem from the city — Michael III of Anchialus ( 1170 – 1178 ) and Jeremias II Tranos ( 1572 – 1579, 1580 – 1584, 1587 – 1595 ).

Confirmed by Emperor Maximilian II at the 1570 Diet of Speyer, John Frederick's Ernestine descendants only retained the duchies of Saxe-Weimar and ( from 1572 ) Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach.

* Thimmaraja Wadiyar II ( 1553 – 1572 )

Allegory of the Tudor dynasty ( detail ), attributed to Lucas de Heere, Circa | c. 1572: left to right, Philip II of Spain, Mary I of England | Mary, Henry VIII of England | Henry VIII, Edward VI of England | Edward VI, Elizabeth I of England | Elizabeth.

* Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, 1572 – 1632.

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

From 11 December 1572 to 13 July 1573 an army of Philip II of Spain laid bloody siege to the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands, whose loyalties had begun wavering during the previous summer.