America. Births January 7 – Agnes of Solms-Laubach, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1602) January 10 – Christopher Clitherow, Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament (d. 1641) January 28 – Cornelius Haga, Dutch diplomat (d. 1654) March 18 – Adam Elsheimer, German artist working in Rome, who died at only thirty-two (d. 1610) April 1 – William Harvey, English physician (d. 1657) April 14 – King Philip III of Spain (d. 1621) April 17 – Maximilian van der Sandt, Dutch theologian (d. 1656) May 11 – Christian Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1601–1642) (d. 1642) June 5 – Claude, Duke of Chevreuse (d. 1657) June 13 – Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea, Member of Parliament (d. 1639) July 9 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1637) July 21 – Philipp Hainhofer, German merchant, banker, diplomat and art collector (d. 1647) July 27 – Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond, British duchess (d. 1639) July 31 – Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, regent of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1648) August 5 – Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, first duke of Chaulnes (d. 1621) August 10 – Matteo Rosselli, Italian painter (d. 1650) August 17 Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660) Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1638) August 24 – John Taylor, English poet who dubbed himself The Water Poet (d. 1653) September 11 – Vincenzo Maculani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1667) September 17 – John Prideaux, English academic administrator and Anglican bishop (d. 1650) October 4 – Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1641) October 12 – Baldassare Aloisi, Italian painter (d. 1638) October 19 – Christine of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Coburg (d. 1658) November 4 – Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Duke of Jülich and Berg (1614–1635) (d. 1653) November 6 – Maximilian of Liechtenstein, Austrian nobleman and Imperial General (d. 1645) December 2 – Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and music theorist (d. 1640) December 7 – Okaji no Kata, Japanese concubine of Tokugawa Ieyasu (d. 1642) December 20 – Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French noble (d. 1621) December 28 – Henry Bulstrode, English Member of Parliament (d. 1643) December 30 – Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (d. 1624) approx. date – Fede Galizia, Italian painter date unknown Giambattista Andreini, Italian actor and playwright (d. 1650) Yamada Arinaga, Japanese retainer of the Shimazu clan (d. 1668) Benedetto Castelli,