In 1572 the vacant post of Lord High Treasurer was offered to Leicester ; he declined and proposed Burghley, stating that the latter was the much more suitable candidate.

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley ( sometimes spelled Burleigh ), KG ( 13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598 ) was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State ( 1550 – 1553 and 1558 – 1572 ) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.

He was the son of Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, and Agnes Sinclair ( d. 1572 ), daughter of Henry Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair, and was styled The Master of Bothwell from birth.

The Lord Chief Justice married Dorothy, the daughter of Sir Robert Bell of Beaupre Hall, Outwell / Upwell, Norfolk, Speaker of the House of Commons 1572 – 1576.

In 1572, when Lord Burghley became lord treasurer, Whittingham was suggested, probably by Leicester, as his successor in the office of secretary.

In 1572, a conspiracy between Lord Phya Nakhon and the former abbot of Wat Maximavat, who held personal grudges against Setthathirath, led to the king's murder in the southern frontier of the country.

* The Lord Burghley ( 1571 – 1572 )

* The Lord Howard of Effingham ( 1572 – 1573 )

* Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat ( 1572 – 1633 ), see Lord Lovat

In July 1572 Sussex became Lord Chamberlain, and he was henceforth in frequent attendance on Queen Elizabeth, both in her progresses through the country and at court, until his death.

Gaspard de Coligny ( 16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572 ), Seigneur ( Lord ) de Châtillon, was a French nobleman and admiral, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion.

** Edward Russell, Lord Russell ( 1551 – 1572 ), eldest son of the 2nd Earl

* Edward Russell, 3rd Earl of Bedford ( 1572 – 1627 ), son of Francis, Lord Russell

He was succeeded as third Earl by his grandson, Edward ( 1572 – 1627 ), only son of Francis, Lord Russell ( c. 1550 – 1585 ).

He was appointed to the Privy Council that year, and became Lord Chancellor of Scotland in 1572.

Exemplifying the power of the Lord High Treasurer is William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, who served in the post from 1572 to 1598.

The first Marquess was one of the most noted statesmen of his time, serving in high positions under Henry VIII and all his children, and served as Lord High Treasurer of England from 1550 to 1572.

His son, the third Marquess, was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration as Lord St John in 1572.

Lord Shrewsbury was entrusted with the custody of Mary, Queen of Scots, and also served as Earl Marshal from 1572 to 1590.

In 1572 he was summoned by writ to Parliament as Lord Norreys de Rycote.

Her son, the aforementioned fifth Baron, was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Norreys of Rycote ( with the precedence of 1572 ) in 1675.

* William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester ( d. 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.

Upon the death of Pope Pius V ( 1566 – 1572 ), the conclave chose Cardinal Boncompagni, who assumed the name of Gregory XIII in homage to the great reforming Pope, Gregory I ( 590 – 604 ), surnamed the Great.

In August 1574, months before Selim's death, the Ottomans regained control of Tunisia from Spain who had controlled it since 1572.

The authenticity of the Zohar was accepted by such 16th century Jewish luminaries as R ' Yosef Karo ( d. 1575 ), R ' Moses Isserles ( d. 1572 ), and R ' Solomon Luria ( d. 1574 ), who wrote that Jewish law ( Halacha ) follows the Zohar, except where the Zohar is contradicted by the Babylonian Talmud.

John Knox ( c. 1514 – 24 November 1572 ) was a Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation who brought reformation to the church in Scotland.

Other well-known supernova remnants include the Crab Nebula, Tycho, the remnant of SN 1572, named after Tycho Brahe who recorded the brightness of its original explosion, and Kepler, the remnant of SN 1604, named after Johannes Kepler.

Byrd obtained the prestigious post of Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1572 following the death of Robert Parsons, a gifted composer who drowned in the Trent near Newark on 25 January of that year.

Shortly after the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572, Cecil, Leicester, and Elizabeth engaged in a top-secret plan to extradite Mary to the Scottish regency government, who would then immediately execute her.

In this period of its history, the city became the target of various occupations, starting in May 1572 with the Protestant takeover by Louis of Nassau, who had hoped to clear the way for the French Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny to oppose Spanish rule.

The Mahishūru Fort was constructed in 1524 by Chamaraja Wodeyar III ( 1513 – 1553 ), who passed on the dominion of Puragere to his son Chamaraja Wodeyar IV ( 1572 – 1576 ).

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

In 1572, the city was occupied by Les Gueux ( Dutch rebels against the Spanish King ) who also committed arson and destruction.

In 1572 Spanish troops conducted a massacre of some 700 inhabitants who had gathered to hear a peace proposal.

During the Eighty Years ' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Capture of Brielle on April 1, 1572, by Protestant rebels, the Watergeuzen, marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish Duke Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba who was sent to pacify The Netherlands.

The staircases of the interior façade are decorated with cartouches similar to those found in First Quad, and likewise bear the arms of important figures in the College's history ; ( 13 ) Sir Walter Raleigh who was an undergraduate from 1572 to 1574, ( 14 ) John Keble who was a Fellow between 1811 and 1835 ), ( archway ) Edward Hawkins who was Provost from 1828 until 1882 and ( 15 ) Gilbert White who was an undergraduate from 1739 until 1743 and a Fellow from 1744 until 1793.

Queen Elizabeth also found Gresham useful in a great variety of other ways, including acting as jailer to Lady Mary Grey ( sister of Lady Jane Grey ), who, as a punishment for marrying Thomas Keyes the sergeant porter, remained a prisoner in his house from June 1569 to the end of 1572.

( 1502 – August 20, 1572 ), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo ( The Elder ), was a Spanish conquistador who established one of the first European settlements in the East Indies and the Pacific Islands in 1565.

Charles IX of France, who was 22 years old in August 1572

The first ascent of the Brocken was documented in 1572 by the physician and botanist, Johannes Thal from Stolberg, who in his book Sylva Hercynia described the flora of the mountain area.

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.