Editing 1573 (section)

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* [[Sarsa Dengel]], emperor of [[Ethiopia]], defeats the [[Oromo people|Oromo]] in a battle near [[Lake Zway]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adejumobi |first1=Saheed A. |title=The History of Ethiopia |date=30 December 2006 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-08823-0 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7rjOEAAAQBAJ&dq=Sarsa+Dengel+oromo+Lake+Zway+%221573%22&pg=PA169 |access-date=16 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* The first [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] galleon, laden with [[silver]] for the [[porcelain]] and [[silk]] trade with the [[Ming Dynasty]] of China, lands at [[Manila]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brook |first1=Timothy |title=The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China |date=18 May 1998 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-92407-9 |page=205 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dsjaR4-_nuMC&dq=%221573%22+start+of+spanish+silver+trade+china&pg=PA205 |access-date=16 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> This occasion marks the beginning of the Spanish silver trade to China, that will trump that of the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]], the latter of whom acted as an intermediary between the silver mines of Japan, and the luxury items in China to be purchased with that silver. Most of the silver entering China comes from what is now Mexico, [[Bolivia]], and [[Peru]] in the [[New World]].
* The [[Luzhou Laojiao]] liquor is made.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Li |first1=Zhengping |title=Chinese Wine |date=3 March 2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-18650-6 |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph2QpKioOCcC&dq=Luzhou+Laojiao+%221573%22&pg=PA41 |access-date=16 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys]], [[London Borough of Barnet|Barnet]], England, is formed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Elizabeth's boys' grammar has been doing its own thing since 1573 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/queen-elizabeths-boys-grammar-has-been-doing-its-own-thing-since-1573-with-impressive-results-9249507.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/queen-elizabeths-boys-grammar-has-been-doing-its-own-thing-since-1573-with-impressive-results-9249507.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |access-date=10 June 2019 |language=en |date=9 April 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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