Year 1575 (MDLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June January 21 – Queen Elizabeth I of England grants a monopoly on producing printed sheet music, to Thomas Tallis and William Byrd. February 8 – William I of Orange founds Leiden University. February 13 – Henry III of France is crowned at Reims. February 14 – Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont. March 3 – Battle of Tukaroi: The Mughal Empire decisively defeats the Karrani dynasty of Bengal. June 24 – William I of Orange marries Charlotte of Bourbon. June 28 – Battle of Nagashino: Oda Nobunaga defeats Takeda Katsuyori in Japan's first modern battle. July–December July 7 – Raid of the Redeswire: Sir John Carmichael defeats Sir John Forster, in the last battle between England and Scotland. July 26 – Edmund Grindal succeeds Matthew Parker as Archbishop of Canterbury. August 5 – Henry Sidney is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. October 10 – Battle of Dormans: Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others. October 22 – The city of Villa de la Asunción (today Aguascalientes) is founded in New Spain, by permission from Philip II of Spain. December 16 – An earthquake hits Valdivia. Date unknown Russians occupy Pernau in western Estonia, and the fortress of Weissenstein. The seat of the Audiencia Real in Chile moves from Concepción to Santiago. Abraham Ortelius becomes a geographer to Philip II of Spain. The bubonic plague decimates Venice. Captains of vessels flying the Spanish flag are legally required to maintain a logbook. Births January – Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness de Ros (d. 1591) January 22 – Louis III, Cardinal of Guise (d. 1621) c. February 3 – Bernard of Wąbrzeźno, Polish Catholic priest and Benedictine monk (d. 1603) February 4 – Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1629) February 15 – Louis Gunther of Nassau, Count of Nassau-Katzenelnbogen (d. 1604) February 16 – Richard Carpenter, English priest and theologian (d. 1625) February 21 – Marten Pepijn, Flemish painter (d. 1643) February 27 John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1590–1616) (d. 1616) Anna of Holstein-Gottorp, countess consort of East Frisia (d. 1610) April 18 – Frederick Magnus, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau (1606–1618) (d. 1618) April 21 – Francesco Molin, Doge of Venice (d. 1655) April 26 – Marie de'