Date | Event |
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Jan 6 |
Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656) |
Jan 22 |
Francis Bacon, Strand, London, statesman/essayist (Novum Organum), (d. 1626) |
Mar 29 |
Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic |
Jun 24 |
Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension minister of Leiden |
Jul 11 |
Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627) |
Aug 20 |
Jacopo Peri, composer |
Aug 25 |
Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632) |
Aug 29 |
Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) |
Sep 10 |
Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634) |
Sep 29 |
Roomen, mathematician |
Nov 21 |
Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author |
Dec 7 |
Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) |
Dec 9 |
Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony |
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