26 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1603) June 19 – King James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (d. 1625) June 20 – King Sigismund III Vasa, of Poland and Sweden (d. 1632) July 9 – John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, German duke (d. 1638) August 12 – Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633) August 24 – Abraham Scultetus, German theologian (d. 1625) September 1 – Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626) October 13 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643) October 15 – Sigrid of Sweden, Swedish princess (d. 1633) November 3 – Charles, Count of Soissons, French prince du sang and military commander (d. 1612) November 9 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Lüneburt (1611–1633) (d. 1633) November 16 – Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Archduchess of Austria and nun (d. 1621) November 21 – Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1645) November 25 – John Heminges, English actor (d. 1630) November 26 – Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (d. 1645) December 1 – Philip of Nassau, Count of Nassau (d. 1595) December 11 – (baptised) – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650) December 19 – George Talbot, 9th Earl of Shrewsbury, English earl (d. 1630) December 27 – Jan Jesenius, Slovak physician (d. 1621) date unknown Pietro Cerone, Italian music theorist (d. 1625) Polyxena von Lobkowicz, politically active Czech aristocrat (d. 1642) Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (d. 1643) Michal Sedziwój, Polish alchemist (d. 1636) James Sempill, Scottish theologian (d. 1626) Lucia Quinciani, Italian composer Caterina Vitale, Maltese pharmacist (d. 1619) Deaths January 6 – Francesco Gonzaga, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1538) January 7 – Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (b. 1506) February 3 – George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513) February 24 – Mimura Iechika, Japanese warlord (b. 1517) March 9 – David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1533) March 23 – Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (b. 1492) March 26 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer and organist (b. 1510) March 28 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat (b. 1486) April 25 – Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France (b. 1499) April 25 – Louise Labé, French poet (b. c. 1524) May 10 – Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and a botanist (b. 1501) July 2 – Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503) July 13