1571) February 4 – Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and prose writer, politician and musician of the Renaissance (d. 1569) February 5 – Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) March 16 – Francisco Balbi di Correggio (d. 1589) March 25 – Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle, English heiress (d. 1519) May 20 – Levinus Lemnius, Dutch writer (d. 1568) September 15 – Mary of Hungary, Dutch ruler (d. 1558) September 23 – Anne de Laval, Viscountess of Thouars, French noblewoman and nominal pretender to the Kingdom of Naples (d. 1554) November 3 – Achilles Gasser, German physician and astrologer (d. 1577) November 23 – Ercole Gonzaga, Spanish Catholic cardinal (d. 1563) December 18 – Philipp von Hutten, German explorer (d. 1546) December 21 – Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (d. 1550) December 25 – Christine of Saxony, German noble (d. 1549) date unknown William Cavendish, English courtier (d. 1557) Philip Hoby, English politician (d. 1558) Guillaume Morel, French classical scholar (d. 1564) Margaret Roper, English writer (d. 1544) Shahghali, Khan of Qasim probable Christopher Tye, English composer and organist (d. 1572) Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, English noblewoman (executed 1542) Deaths February 4 – Jeanne de Valois, French princess, Roman Catholic nun and saint (b. 1464) February 19 – Matilda of Hesse, German noblewoman (b. 1473) February 20 – Arvid Trolle, Swedish politician (b. 1440) March 5 – Philip of Cleves, Bishop of Nevers, Amiens, Autun (b. 1467) March 29 – Sidonie of Bavaria, eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich (b. 1488) April 23 – Muhammad Jaunpuri, Indian-born religious leader (b. 1443) May 28 – Ascanio Sforza, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) June 8 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470) June 18 – Osanna of Mantua, Italian Dominican tertiary and blessed (b. 1449) June 15 – Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian politician (b. 1431) July – Jacob Obrecht, Flemish composer (plague) (b. 1457) October 27 – Emperor Ivan III of Russia (b. 1440) date unknown Adam of Fulda, German music writer (b. c. 1445) Heinrich Kramer, German churchman and inquisitor (b. 1430) References