Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15, skipping over 10 days. Other countries follow at various later dates. November 28 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, 18 year-old William Shakespeare and 26 year-old Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license (Shakespeare would later become one of the greatest playwrights in history). Tibet, Foundation of Kumbum China, Matteo Ricci s.j. is allowed to enter in China Incident of Honnoji in Kyoto, Japan Births December 23 - Severo Bonini, composer (+ 1663) Deaths June 21 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (daimyo) (b. 1534)
