* 1573 – Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland ( d. 1598 )

* 1573 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria ( d. 1651 )

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder ( 18 January 1573 – 1621 ) was a still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age.

Albert Frederick was married in 1573 to Marie Eleonore of Cleves, a daughter of Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and Archduchess Maria of Austria ( 1531 – 1581 ).

* Laurent Bénard ( 1573 – 1620 )

* 4 Kings and Queen of Poland ( 1370 – 1399, 1573 – 1574, 1697 )

** Henry ( 1573 – 1574 )

* 1521 – Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord ( d. 1573 )

* 1573 – Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer ( b. 1504 )

Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State ( England ) | Principal Secretary 1573 – 1590.

* 1573 – Elias Holl, German Architect ( d. 1646 )

* Hedwig Jagiellon ( 1513 – 1573 ), daughter of Sigismund I the Old of Poland and his first wife the Hungarian Countess Barbara Zápolya.

* 1573 – Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.

* 1535 – Joan of Austria, Princess of Portugal ( d. 1573 )

* 1573 – Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan ; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.

* 1642 – Marie de ' Medici, French wife of Henry IV of France ( b. 1573 )

* 1573 – Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.

* 1573 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesu and Villa Farnese ( b. 1507 )

* 1573 – Simon Marius, German astronomer ( d. 1624 )

* 1645 – William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury ( b. 1573 )

* 1573 – Inigo Jones, English architect, designed the Queen's House ( d. 1652 )

During the Muromachi age ( 1392 – 1573 AD ), the Kosode, a single kimono formerly considered underwear, began to be worn without the hakama ( trousers, divided skirt ) over it, and thus began to be held closed by an obi " belt ".

* 1573 – The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence.

* 1573 – End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.

The castle was destroyed by Spanish troops during the Eighty Years War, in 1573 ; only a tower of it survives today.

During the Eighty Years ' War, Philips of Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde, started to build a defense wall but before its completion, it was captured by the Spanish in 1573 and Philips of Marnix was taken prisoner.

– 1573 ) was the city governor of Haarlem when the city was under siege by the Spanish army in the Eighty Years ' War.

The Siege of Leiden occurred during the Eighty Years ' War in 1573 and 1574, when the Spanish attempted to capture the rebellious city of Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, and ultimately failed.

Peter Withorne's 1573 translation of The Art of War

In 1573, following the Russo-Crimean War ( 1571 ) he stopped paying tribute and raided the Perm lands.

Outside influence, internal pressures, and socio-political turmoil redefined biwa patronage and biwa image ; for example, the Onin War during the Muromachi period ( 1338 – 1573 ) and the subsequent Warring States period ( 15th-17th centuries ) disrupted the cycle of tutelage for heikyoku performers.

* Part of the Ottoman – Venetian War ( 1570 – 1573 ) centered around the battle of Lepanto

Malyuta Skuratov was killed during the siege of Weissenstein ( now Paide, Estonia ) in the Livonian War in 1573.

In 1571 the mostly Greek-populated island of Cyprus was conquered by the Ottoman Empire, following the Ottoman – Venetian War ( 1570 – 1573 ).

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.

* Ottoman – Venetian War ( 1570 – 1573 )

Peter Whitehorne's 1573 translation of the Art of War

Providing water to the Upper Ward of the castle was problematic, and despite the sinking of a deep well, the water supply often ran out during drought or siege, for example during the Lang Siege of 1573.

Edinburgh Castle as it may have looked before the Lang Siege of 1573, with David's Tower and the Palace block, centre and left

The Siege of La Rochelle ( 1572 – 1573 ) | Siege of La Rochelle by the Duke of Anjou in 1573 (" History of Henry III " tapestry, completed in 1623 ).

Henry continued to take an active role in the French Wars of Religion, and in 1572 – 1573 led the Siege of La Rochelle, a massive military assault on the Huguenot-held city of La Rochelle by Catholic troops during the fourth phase of the French Wars of Religion.

A Polish delegation went to La Rochelle to meet with Henry who was leading the Siege of La Rochelle ( 1572 – 1573 ).

The Siege of La Rochelle ( 1572 – 1573 ) | Siege of La Rochelle of 1573 by the Duke of Anjou (" History of Henry III " tapestry, completed in 1623 ).

The Siege of La Rochelle ( 1572 – 1573 ) began soon after the St. Bartholomew massacre.

However, for Takeda Shingen, there would be no following attack on Hamamatsu, as he would be fatally wounded in January 1573 at the Siege of Noda Castle.

According to Koyo Gunkan, Takeda ’ s strategy book, Neba is the place where he made camp and died in 1573 after the Siege of Noda Castle

Montgomery returned to France with a fleet in an attempt to relieve the Siege of La Rochelle in 1573 and the following year he attempted an insurrection in Normandy, but was captured and sentenced to death.

Sancerre was also the site of the infamous Siege of Sancerre ( 1572 – 1573 ) during the Wars of Religion where the Huguenot population held out for nearly eight months against the Catholic forces of the king.