What is 1583?
{{Year nav|1583}} {{Year in various calendars|1583}} '''1583''' ([[Roman numerals|MDLXXXIII]]) was a [[common year]] [[Common year starting on Saturday|starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. As of the start of the year, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar remained in localized use until 1923. == Events == * [[Newfoundland]] claimed by [[Kingdom of England|England]]. * [[University of Edinburgh]] started. == Births == * [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Simon Episcopius]], Dutch theologian (d. [[1643]]) * [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury]], English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. [[1648]]) * [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Hugo Grotius]], Dutch philosopher and writer (d. [[1645]]) * [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Axel Oxenstierna]], Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (d. [[1654]]) * [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Jacob De la Gardie]], Swedish soldier and statesman (d. [[1652]]) * [[July 2]] &ndash; [[Dodo zu Innhausen und Knyphausen|Dodo Knyphausen]], German soldier (d. [[1636]]) * September &ndash; [[Girolamo Frescobaldi]], Italian composer (d. [[1643]]) * [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Albrecht von Wallenstein]], Austrian general (d. [[1634]]) * [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar]], Spanish poet (d. [[1641]]) * [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey]], English adventurer and soldier (d. [[1642]]) * [[December 25]] &ndash; [[Orlando Gibbons]], English composer (d. [[1625]]) * ''date unknown'' ** [[Hendrick Jacobszoon Lucifer]], Dutch pirate and buccaneer (d. [[1627]]) ** [[Johann Heinrich Alting]], German divine (d. [[1644]]) ** [[John Beaumont (poet)|John Beaumont]], English poet (d. [[1627]]) ** [[House of Elzevir|Bonaventura Elzevir]], Dutch printer (d. [[1652]]) ** [[Stanisław Lubomirski (1583-1649)|Stanisław Lubomirski]], Polish nobleman (d. [[1649]]) ** [[Philip Massinger]], English dramatist (d. [[1640]]) ** [[Hayashi Razan]], Ja