banker (b. 1484) April 9 – Jean Quintin, French priest, knight and writer (b. 1500) May 4 – Karl I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, German prince (b. 1534) May 16 – Jan Tarnowski, Polish noble (b. 1488) June 23 – Saitō Yoshitatsu, Japanese daimyō (b. 1527) June 6 – Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (b. 1483) July 9 – Sebald Heyden, German musicologist and theologian (b. 1499) July 19 – Henry Lauder, Lord St Germains, Lord Advocate of Scotland September 1 – Edward Waldegrave, English politician and recusant September 25 – Sehzade Bayezid, Ottoman Prince (b. 1525) October 27 – Lope de Aguirre, Basque rebel and conquistador (b. 1510) November 7 – Jeanne de Jussie, Swiss nun and writer (b. 1503) November 11 – Hans Tausen, Danish reformer (b. 1494) December 6 – Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (b. 1509) December 10 – Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian date unknown Marie Dentière, Genevan Protestant reformer and theologian (b. 1495) Claude Garamond, French publisher (b. 1480) Ijuin Tadaaki, Japanese noble (b. 1520) probable – Luis de Milán, Spanish composer (b. 1500) References