1570s
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| Millennia: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s |
| Years: | 1570 1571 1572 1573 1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
[edit] Events and trends
- Transition from the Muromachi to the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan.
- Fourth to seventh French War of Religion.
- St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, massacre of French protestants in Paris on August 24, 1572.
- Spanish silver from the New World begins to flood the Chinese market after the Spanish establish a trading base at Manila; silver had already become the common medium of exchange under the Ming Dynasty, and now it was firmly cemented into the economy and would be one of the major reasons for Ming China's economic downfall by the 1640s.
