Michael Praetorius, German composer and writer on music (d. 1621) March 31 – Pietro Aldobrandini, Italian cardinal, archbishop (d. 1621) April 17 – Adam Contzen, German economist (d. 1635) April 22 – Giovanni Branca, Italian architect and engineer (d. 1645) April 24 – Sur Singh, Ruler of Marwar (d. 1619) May 11 – Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) June 17 – Thomas Mun, English writer on economics (d. 1641) July 16 – Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver (d. 1633) August 2 – Charles, Duke of Guise, son of Henry I (d. 1640) September 12 – Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquis of Santa Cruz (d. 1646) September 21 – Giovanni Battista Magnani, Italian architect (d. 1653) September 29 – Caravaggio, Venetian artist (d. 1610) October 7 Anton Henry, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen from 1586 (d. 1638) Maria, Abbess of Quedlinburg, German abbess (d. 1610) October 15 – Jacob Matham, Dutch artist (d. 1631) October 18 – Wolfgang Ratke, German educational reformer (d. 1635) November 18 – Hippolytus Guarinonius, Italian physician and polymath (d. 1654) December 3 - Lakshmi Kumara Thathachariar, Indian saint (d. 1643) December 4 – Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, Spanish prince (d. 1578) December 9 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635) December 20 Giles de Coninck, Flemish Jesuit theologian (d. 1633) Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, French historian (d. 1650) December 27 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630) December 31 – Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (d. 1617) date unknown Henry Ainsworth, English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar (d. 1622) William Bedell, Anglican churchman (d. 1642) Willem Blaeu, Dutch cartographer (d. 1638) Charles Butler, English beekeeper and philologist (d. 1647) Frederick de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1627) Esther Inglis, French (?British-born) calligrapher (d. 1624) Lucrezia Marinella, Italian poet and author (d. 1653) Paulus Moreelse, Dutch painter (d. 1638) Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Irish chieftain and rebel (d. 1603) Aleksander Ostrogski, Polish nobleman (d. 1603) Alessandro Peretti di Montalto, Venetian cardinal (d. 1623) Thomas Storer, English poet (d. 1604) Thomas Wintour, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (d. 1606) Deaths January 3 Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1505) Yi Hwang, Korean Neo-Confucian scholar, (b.1502) January 9 – Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510) January 13 – John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (b. 1513) January 19 – Paris Bordone, Venetian painter (b. 1495) February 12 – Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) February 13 – Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (b.