Calvisius, German calendar reformer (d. 1615) March 7 – Guillaume du Vair, French statesman and philosopher (d. 1621) March 13 – Dirck van Os, Dutch merchant (d. 1615) April 8 – David Hoeschel, German librarian (d. 1617) April 9 – Andreas von Auersperg, Carniolan noble and military commander in the battle of Sisak (d. 1593) April 27 – François Béroalde de Verville, French writer (d. 1626) May 31 – Jerzy Radziwiłł, Polish Catholic cardinal (d. 1600) June 6 – Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English politician and diplomat (d. 1625) June 13 – Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (d. 1608) June 24 Victoria of Valois, French princess (d. 1556) Joan of Valois, French princess (d. 1556) July 9 – Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea, English countess (d. 1634) July 22 – Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (d. 1604) July 26 – James Melville, Scottish divine and reformer (d. 1614) August 10 – Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor (d. 1608) August 16 – Bartolomeo Cesi, Italian painter (d. 1629) August 17 – Alexander Briant, English Jesuit martyr (d. 1581) September 21 – William Harris, English knight (d. 1616) October 18 Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf, French duke and nobleman (d. 1605) John Dormer, English Member of Parliament (d. 1626) October 24 – Giovanni Battista Caccini, Italian artist (d. 1613) October 26 – Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Malian academic (d. 1627) November 15 – Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618) November 28 – Francesco Contarini, Doge of Venice (d. 1624) December 5 – Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford, English countess (d. 1588) December 17 – Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Indian composer (d. 1627) December 27 – Jeanne de Lestonnac, French saint (d. 1640) date unknown Margaret Clitherow, English Catholic martyr (d. 1586) Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Sudanese writer and political leader (d. 1627) Deaths January 8 – Anne Shelton, English courtier, elder sister of Thomas Boleyn (b. 1475) January 27 – Humayun, 2nd Mughal Emperor (b. 1508) February 12 – Giovanni Poggio, Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. 1493) February 26 – Frederick II, Elector Palatine (1544–1556) (b. 1482) March 21 – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (b. 1489) April 18 Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and statesman (b. 1495) John Gage, English courtier of the Tudor period (b. 1479) April 26 – Valentin Friedland, German scholar and educationist of the Reformation (b. 1490) May 4 – Luca