his brother, Louis II, Cardinal of Guise, killed, and holding the Cardinal de Bourbon a prisoner. As a result, large parts of France reject Henry III as their king, forcing him to side with Henry of Navarre. Unknown William Morgan's Welsh translation of the Bible is published. The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I of England is created, to celebrate the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, and to assert the strength of Elizabeth herself. Sword hunt in Japan. Births January–June January 4 – Arnold Vinnius, Dutch lawyer (d. 1657) January 6 – Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of Huntingdon, English noblewoman and writer (d. 1633) January 20 – Francesco Gessi, Italian painter (d. 1649) February 2 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, German nobleman (d. 1644) February 15 – Benjamin Bramer, German mathematician (d. 1652) March 12 – Herman de Neyt, Flemish painter (d. 1642) March 21 – Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, Bavarian count and field-marshal (d. 1635) March 22 – Frederick IX, Margrave of Brandenburg, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John (d. 1611) March 27 – Celestyn Myślenta, Polish theologian (d. 1653) March 29 – Margherita Aldobrandini, Parmesan regent (d. 1646) March – Johann Heinrich Alsted, German theologian (d. 1638) April 4 – Padovanino, Italian painter (d. 1649) April 5 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679) April 15 – Claudius Salmasius, French classical scholar (d. 1653) April 16 – Emanuel Filibert of Savoy, Viceroy of Sicily (d. 1624) May 2 – Étienne Pascal, French mathematician (d. 1651) May 9 – Herman Hugo, Jesuit priest, writer, military chaplain (d. 1629) May 13 – Ole Worm, Danish physician and antiquary (d. 1654) May 28 – Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672) June 3 – Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen (1617–16135) (d. 1635) June 9 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and music theorist (d. 1666) June 11 – George Wither, English poet and satirist (d. 1667) June 14 – Hoshina Masasada, Japanese daimyō who ruled the Ino Domain (d. 1661) June 30 – Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian composer, organist and teacher (d. 1649) July–December July 7 – Wolrad IV, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1588–1640) (d. 1640) July 29 – William Spring of Pakenham, Member of Parliament (d. 1638) August 25 – Elizabeth Poole, English settler in Plymouth Colony (d. 1654) August – François de La Mothe Le Vayer, French writer (d. 1672) September 1 – Henri, Prince of Condé (d. 1646)