Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) May 28 – Saitō Dōsan, Japanese warlord (b. 1494) June 10 – Martin Agricola, German composer (b. 1486) June 24 – Joan of Valois, French princess (b. 1556) July 31 – Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order and saint (b. 1491) August 1 – Girolamo da Carpi, Italian painter (b. 1501) August 11 – John Bell, Bishop of Worcester August 17 – Victoria of Valois, French princess (b. 1556) September – Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, Scottish traitor (b. 1512) October 7 – Frederick of Denmark, Prince-bishop (b. 1532) October 21 – Pietro Aretino, Italian author (b. 1492) November 10 – Richard Chancellor, English Arctic explorer (drowned at sea) (b. c. 1521) November 14 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b. 1503) date unknown Tullia d'Aragona, Italian poet, author and philosopher (b. 1510) Fuzûlî, Turkish poet (b. 1494) probable Brian mac Cathaoir O Conchobhair Failghe, last of the Kings of Ui Failghe Jacob Clemens non Papa, Flemish composer (b. 1510) References