and Baron (d. 1615) date unknown Christoph Besold, German jurist (d. 1638) Giacomo Cavedone, Italian painter (d. 1660) Robert Cushman, English Plymouth Colony settler (d. 1625) Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1602) William Noy, English lawyer and politician (d. 1634) Samuel Purchas, English travel writer (d. 1626) Meletius Smotrytsky, Ruthenian religious activist and author, who developed Church Slavonic grammar (d. 1633) Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (d. 1649) Deaths January 23 – Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1524) February – Adam von Bodenstein, Swiss alchemist and physician (b. 1528) February 26 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533) March 23 – Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (b. 1529) April 13 – Konrad Hubert, German theologian and hymnwriter (b. 1507) May – Richard Aertsz, Dutch painter (b. 1482) May 5 – Viglius, Dutch statesman (b. 1507) May 31 – García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and admiral (b. 1514) June 4 – Alvise I Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (b. 1507) June 7 – Daniel, Count of Waldeck (b. 1530) June 12 – Orazio Samacchini, Italian painter (b. 1532) July 23 – Scipione Rebiba, Italian cardinal (b. 1504) July 26 – Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc, Marshal of France (b. 1502) August 12 – Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513) September 7 – Infanta Maria of Guimarães (b. 1538) September 27 – Diego de Covarubias y Leyva, Spanish jurist and archbishop of Cuenca (b. 1512) October 3 – Henry IX, Count of Waldeck (b. 1531) October 7 – George Gascoigne, English poet (b. c. 1525) October 10 – Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (b. 1521) November 19 – Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1508) November 29 – Cuthbert Mayne, English saint (b. 1543) December 4 – Achilles Gasser, German physician and astrologer (b. 1505) December 18 – Anna of Saxony, princess consort of Orange (b. 1544) References