saint (d. 1624) December 18 – Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (d. 1616) November 20 – Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, English politician and Earl (d. 1616) November 26 – Seonjo of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1608) December 27 – William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, English politician and Earl (d. 1626) December 29 – Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé (d. 1588) December 31 – Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611) Date unknown: Hans von Aachen, German mannerist painter (d. 1615) Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (d. 1585) Jean Bertaut, French poet (d. 1611) Philemon Holland, English translator (d. 1637) Prince Masahito, Japanese prince (d. 1586) Lady Saigō, Japanese concubine (d. 1589) Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese daimyo (d. 1615) Anthony Tyrrell, Roman Catholic renegade priest and spy (d. circa 1610) Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (d. 1636) Cvijeta Zuzorić, Croatian poet (d. 1648) probable Miguel de Benavides, Spanish clergyman and sinologist (d. 1605) Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma, Spanish politician (d. 1625) Deaths January 3 – Henry of the Palatinate, bishop of Utrecht (b. 1487) January 10 – Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479) January 22 – Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1509) February 6 – Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1479) February 20 – Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke, English countess (b. 1515) February 26 – Heinrich Faber, German composer (b. 1500) March 29 – Guru Angad, Indian religious leader (b. 1504) April 19 – Olaus Petri, Swedish clergyman (b. 1493) April 18 – John Leland, English historian (b. 1502) April 21 – Petrus Apianus, German astronomer (b. 1495) May 26 – Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (b. 1488) June 10 – Alexander Barclay, British poet (b. 1476) July 9 – György Szondy, Hungarian soldier August 15 – Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477) September 23 – Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, Landgravine of Leuchtenberg (b. 1495) October 14 – Oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. 1488) October 17 – Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498) November 10 – Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg (b. 1499) December 3 – Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit missionary and saint (b. 1506) December 20 – Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther (b. 1499) References