April – Thomas Fleming, English judge (d. 1613) April 20 – Renata of Lorraine, duchess consort of Bavaria (d. 1602) May 24 – William Gilbert, English scientist and astronomer (d. 1603) July 14 – Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton, English politician (d. 1589) August 9 – Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1606) September 1 – John Gordon, Scottish bishop (d. 1619) September 29 – Giovanni de' Medici, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1562) November 1 – Hasan Kafi Pruščak, Bosnian scholar and judge (d. 1615) November 15 – Dorothea Susanne of Simmern, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1592) December 23 – Anna of Saxony, only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1577) date unknown Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1610) Thomas Hobson, English carrier and origin of the phrase Hobson's choice (d. 1631) Maddalena Casulana, Italian composer, lutenist and singer (d. 1590) probable George Whetstone, English writer (d. 1587) Deaths March 16 – Louis V, Elector Palatine (1508–1544) (b. 1478) March 22 – Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488) April 30 – Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1488) June 14 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489) July 15 – René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (b. 1519) June 23 – Eleonore of Fürstenberg, wife of Philip IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (b. 1523) August 19 – Hans Buser, Swiss noble (b. 1513) September 12 – Clément Marot, French poet (b. 1496) September 25 – Valerius Cordus, German physician and scientist (b. 1515) October 10 – Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy, English courtier and patron of learning (b. 1516) October 12 – Antonio Pucci, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1485) November 13 – Ursula van Beckum, Dutch Anapabtist (b. 1520) November 15 – Lucy Brocadelli, Dominican tertiary and stigmatic (b. 1476) November 29 – Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1488) December 9 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) date unknown Ulick na gCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde Chen Chun, Chinese painter (b. 1483) Margaret Roper, English writer (b. 1505) Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1444) Manco Inca Yupanqui, Inca ruler (b. 1516) Bonaventure des Périers, French author (b. 1500) References