9 – Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (b. 1528) June 28 – Johannes Goropius Becanus, Dutch physician, linguist, and humanist (b. 1519) July 5 – Longqing Emperor of China (b. 1537) July 7 – King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (b. 1520) July 9 John of Cologne, Dutch Franciscan friar, martyr and saint (b. 1510) Martyrs of Gorkum (b. Dutch nationality) Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar, martyr and saint (b. 1534) July 25 – Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Jewish Kabbalist (b. 1534) August 20 – Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) August 24 Gaspard de Coligny, French Protestant leader (b. 1519) Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1535) August 26 – Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist scholar (b. 1515) August – Claude Goudimel, French composer (b. 1510) September – Denis Lambin, French classical scholar (b. 1520) September 19 – Archduchess Barbara of Austria (b. 1539) September 24 – Túpac Amaru, last of the Incas September 30 – Francis Borgia, Italian Jesuit priest and saint (b. 1510) October 24 – Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (b. 1508) October 25 – Cosimo Bartoli, Italian diplomat and writer (b. 1503) October 29 – John Erskine, Earl of Mar, regent of Scotland November 9 – Al-Mutahhar, Imam of the Zaidi state of Yemen (b. 1503) November 12 – Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (b. 1509) November 23 – Agnolo di Cosimo (Bronzino), Italian artist and poet (b. 1503) November 24 – John Knox, Scottish religious reformer (b. 1513) December 2 – Ippolito II d'Este, Italian cardinal and statesman (b. 1509) December 12 – Loredana Marcello, Venetian dogaressa and botanist December 22 – François Clouet, French miniaturist (b. c. 1510) December 23 – Johann Sylvan, Reformed German theologian (executed; date of birth unknown) date unknown Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski, Polish scholar (b. 1503) Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese author and writer (b. 1500) Yasumi Naomasa, Japanese military commander Stanisław Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (b. 1519) probable – Christopher Tye, English composer and organist (b. 1505) References