Timeline August 1580

Events in August 1580 3

• 1508 – 1580 Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) Died 19 August 1580, aged 71 Andrea Palladio was an Italian architect whose classically inspired villas, palaces, and churches around Vicenza and Venice defined what became known as Palladian architecture. His treatise on architecture spread his influence across Europe and later to Britain and colonial America, shaping public building design for centuries.
• 1580 Siege of Ishiyama Hongan-ji ends Oda Nobunaga's decade-long campaign against the Ikkō-ikki concludes After roughly ten years of siege, the Ikkō-ikki stronghold of Ishiyama Hongan-ji in Osaka surrendered to Oda Nobunaga in 1580, ending one of the longest and costliest campaigns of the Sengoku period. The fall of the fortress removed the last major religious military power opposing Nobunaga's unification of Japan.
• 1580 Battle of Alcântara Spanish forces crush Portuguese resistance near Lisbon On 25 August 1580, troops under the Duke of Alba defeated forces loyal to António, Prior of Crato, just outside Lisbon. The victory opened the road to the Portuguese capital and secured Philip II of Spain's claim to the Portuguese throne, cementing the dynastic union of the two crowns.