than 10% of the population of Rome dies, and whole towns in Spain are depopulated. Births January 8 – Jens Hermansson Juel, Stattholder of Norway (d. 1634) January 12 Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) Alexander Ruthven, Scottish earl (d. 1600) January 20 – Stefano Amadei, Italian painter (d. 1644) January 29 – Willem Isaacsz Swanenburg, Dutch engraver (d. 1612) January 30 – Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein, court official in Vienna (d. 1658) January – John Smith, English explorer and Virginia settler (d. 1631) February – John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, English diplomat (d. 1653) February 1 – Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland, English noble (d. 1629) February 2 – Jens Bjelke, Norwegian noble (d. 1659) February 22 – Charles de l'Aubespine, marquis de Châteauneuf, French diplomat and government official (d. 1653) February 24 – Matthias Hoe von Hoenegg, German theologian (d. 1645) February 28 Orazio Giustiniani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1649) Giovanni Srofenaur, Italian musician (d. 1634) March 31 – Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1637) April 8 Augusta of Denmark, Duchess Consort of Holstein-Gottorp (1596-1616) (d. 1639) William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, English noble, courtier and patron of the arts (d. 1630) April 18 – (baptism) Thomas Middleton, English playwright (d. 1627) April 24 – Miguel Avellán, Spanish Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo from 1633 (d. 1650) May 5 Johann Faulhaber, German mathematician (d. 1635) Richard Webb, English settler in America (d. 1665) May 6 – Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble (d. 1637) May 14 – Bassam Al-Soukaria, Lebanese army commander (d. 1667) May 30 – Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza, Spanish noble and admiral (d. 1634) June 6 – Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667) June 9 – Daniel Heinsius, Dutch scholar (d. 1655) June 12 – Adriaan van Stalbemt, Flemish Baroque painter (d. 1662) June 14 – Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania, German duchess (d. 1649) June 26 Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Spanish Catholic cardinal (d. 1645) Peter Claver, Spanish Jesuit priest (d. 1654) July 5 – Carlo Contarini, Doge of Venice (d. 1656) July 6 – Johann Stobäus, German composer (d. 1646) July 10 – Humphrey Chetham, English merchant (d. 1653) July 18 – Giovanni Giacomo Semenza, Italian painter (d. 1638) July 29 – Francesco Mochi, Italian early-Baroque sculptor (d. 1654) August 2 – Prince Jeongwon, Korean prince (d. 1619)