John Speed, English historian (d. 1629) Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese daimyō (d. 1611) Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (d. 1600) Deaths January 21 – Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491) February – Nikolaus Federmann, German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia (b. 1501) February 1 – Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (b. 1480) February 13 Catherine Howard, fifth queen of Henry VIII of England (executed) (born c. 1522) Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, English noblewoman (executed) (born c. 1505) March 3 – Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England May 21 – Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer, navigator and conquistador (b. c. 1500) June 14 – Christoph von Scheurl, German writer (b. 1481) June 19 – Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (b. 1482) July 15 – Lisa del Giocondo, Florentine noblewoman, believed to be the subject of the Mona Lisa (b. 1479) August 24 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) August 29 – Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (b. c. 1516) September 21 – Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet (b. c. 1490) October 11 – Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (b. 1503) October 18 – Giovanni Gaddi, Italian priest (b. 1493) December 14 – King James V of Scotland (b. 1512) December 16 – Thomas Lovett III, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire (b. 1473) December 22 – Hieronymus Łaski, Polish diplomat (b. 1496) date unknown Dosso Dossi, Italian painter (b. 1490) Lucas Fernández, Spanish dramatist and musician (b. c. 1474) Lapulapu, Filipino king (b. 1491) References