theologian who looked to reconcile all Christendom (d. 1656) December 31 – Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Electress of Saxony (d. 1659) date unknown – John Mason, English explorer (d. 1635) date unknown – Kocc Barma Fall, Senegambian philosopher (d. 1655) probable Giles Fletcher, English poet (d. 1623) David HaLevi Segal, Polish Jewish rabbi (d. 1667) Deaths January 18 – Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (b. 1522) January 25 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515) February 11 – Augustus, Elector of Saxony (b. 1526) March 1 – Amalia of Cleves, German princess and writer (b. 1517) March 25 – Margaret Clitherow, English Roman Catholic nun, saint and martyr (b. 1556) March 30 – Anna of Veldenz, Margrave of Baden (b. 1540) April 8 – Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer (b. 1522) May 5 – Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529) May 7 – George II of Brieg, Duke of Brieg (1547–1586) (b. 1523) May 9 – Luis de Morales, Spanish religious painter (b. 1510) May 29 – Adam Lonicer, German botanist (b. 1528) June 1 – Martín de Azpilcueta, Spanish theologian and economist (b. 1491) June 5 – Matthew Wesenbeck, Belgian jurist (b. 1531) June 9 – Filippo Boncompagni, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1548) June 28 – Primož Trubar, Carniolan Protestant reformer (b. 1508) July 5 – Ludwig Lavater, Swiss Reformed theologian (b. 1527) July 12 – Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley (b. 1525) August 1 – Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496) September 7 – Prince Masahito, member of the Japanese imperial family (b. 1552) September 18 – Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1521) September 20 Sir Anthony Babington, English Catholic conspirator (executed) (b. 1561) Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (executed) (b. 1558) September 21 – Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1517) October 1 – Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (b. 1526) October 15 – Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Danish princess (b. 1524) October 17 – Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier and soldier (b. 1554) October 28 – John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (b. 1532) November 6 – Willem IV van den Bergh, Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (b. 1537) December 6 – Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (b. 1536) December 12 – Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533) December 30 – Luigi d'Este, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1538 References