| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1572 | Daniel Bacheler Was Born |
| 1572 | Pierre Certon Died |
| 1572 | Girolamo Conversi Was Born |
| 1572 | Claude Goudimel Died |
| 1572 | Robert Parsons Died |
| 1572 | Giovanni Picchi Was Born |
| 1572 | Thomas Tomkins Was Born |
| 1572 | Christopher Tye Died |
| 1572 | Erasmus Widmann Was Born |
| January 16 1572 | Catholic Restoration Plot Thrawted In England |
| February 13 1572 | Elizabeth I Revokes Fraudulent Commissions |
| April 01 1572 | Spain Loses Brielle In Eighty Years' War |
| July 09 1572 | The Dutch Martyr 19 Catholics |
| August 18 1572 | King Henry III Marries Margaret Of Valois |
| August 23 1572 | Religion Mob Results In Massacre |
| October 20 1572 | Mondragón Gives Goes Reprieve |
| December 23 1572 | Johann Sylvan Is Executed In Heidelberg |