| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528) |
Feb 9 |
Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies |
Feb 10 |
Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 |
Feb 24 |
Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist |
Mar 10 |
Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (b. 1533) |
Mar 17 |
Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies |
Apr 4 |
Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53 |
Apr 19 |
Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies |
Jun 10 |
Valentin Weigel, German mystic, dies |
Jun 18 |
Anna, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna van Saksen, dies at 24 |
Jun 18 |
Robert Crowley, English printer and poet |
Jul 17 |
Sinan, Ottoman architect (b. 1489) |
Aug 8 |
Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter |
Aug 12 |
Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45 |
Sep 4 |
Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, dies at 87 |
Oct 1 |
Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr |
Oct 2 |
Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies |
Nov 1 |
Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508) |
Nov 2 |
Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63 |
Dec 23 |
Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 |
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