What happened 1580 AD

Although Galileo seriously considered the priesthood as a young man, at his father's urging he instead enrolled in 1580 at the University of Pisa for a medical degree.

The Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XVII, alternatively 17th Dynasty or Dynasty 17) is classified as the third dynasty of the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt. The 17th Dynasty dates approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC. Its mainly Theban rulers are contemporary with the Hyksos of the Fifteenth Dynasty and Succeeded the Sixteenth Dynasty, which was also based in Thebes.

The Engraver of Nassau has passed away in 1580.

The corrupt 1st bishop of Haarlem passed away at the age of 70.

Pierre Vernier was born in Ornans, France, and was the inventor of the vernier caliper.

Portugal was defeated by Spain in the Battle of Alcantara.

An Italian architect, named Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, died at the age of 71.