Chinese courtesan, painter, composer, and poet (d. 1604) date unknown Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (d. 1600) Oda Nagamasu, Japanese nobleman (d. 1622) Luis Barahona de Soto, Spanish poet (d. 1595) William Stanley, English soldier (d. 1630) Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyō (d. 1573) Sidonia von Borcke, German noble and alleged witch (d. 1620) Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (d. 1611) probable Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (d. 1624) Francesco Soriano, Italian composer (d. 1621) Mariangiola Criscuolo, Italian painter (d. 1630) Simon Stevin, Flemish mathematician and engineer (d. 1620) Deaths January 9 – Matthäus Zell, German Lutheran pastor (b. 1477) January 23 – Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (b. 1490) February 26 – Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer and assassin (b. 1514) March 23 – Itagaki Nobukata, Japanese retainer March 24 – Gissur Einarsson, first Lutheran bishop in Iceland April 1 – King Sigismund I the Old of Poland (b. 1467) June 3 – Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468) June 6 – João de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500) June 14 – Carpentras, French composer (b. c. 1470) July 4 – Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, German duke (b. 1503) July 29 – Gian Gabriele I of Saluzzo, Italian abbot, Marquess of Saluzzo (b. 1501) August 2 – Henry II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels and Count of Glatz (b. 1507) September 5 – Catherine Parr, sixth and last Queen of Henry VIII of England (b. c. 1512) September 8 – John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (b. 1487) October 27 – Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and Bishop of Warmia (b. 1485) November 16 – Caspar Creuziger, German humanist (b. 1504) December 27 – Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502) date unknown Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Mexican Catholic saint (b. 1474) Chief Queen Sri Suriyothai, consort of King Maha Chakkrapat of Ayutthaya (killed in battle) Strongilah, Jewish Ottoman businesswoman. References