| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Feb 2 |
Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, dies at 68 |
Apr 29 |
Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer |
May 4 |
Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 |
May 31 |
Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 |
Jun 3 |
Michel Renichon, priest, executed |
Jun 3 |
John Aylmer, English political theorist (b. 1521) |
Jun 14 |
Orlandus Lassus, composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61 |
Jul 10 |
Paulo Bellasio, composer, dies at 40 |
Jul 16 |
Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy (b. 1558) |
Jul 24 |
John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544) |
Oct 16 |
William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62 |
Nov 22 |
Martin Frobisher, English vice-admiral/explorer, dies |
Dec 5 |
Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 |
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