painter (d. 1647) December 1 – Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester, English politician (d. 1677) December 3 – Henry Ley, 2nd Earl of Marlborough, English politician (d. 1638) December 4 – Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic during the Grand Siècle (d. 1674) December 5 – Henry Lawes, English musician and composer (d. 1662) December 7 – Injo of Joseon, sixteenth king of the Joseon dynasty in Korea (d. 1649) December 11 – Heo Mok, Korean politician, poet and scholar (d. 1682) December 14 – Arthur Wilson, English writer (d. 1652) December 27 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, hetman of Ukraine (d. 1657) Date unknown Thomas Carew, English poet (d. 1645) Miles Corbet, English Puritan politician (d. 1662) Jean Desmarets, French writer (d. 1676) Henry Herbert, English official (d. 1673) Lars Kagg, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1661) Thomas May, English poet and historian (d. 1650) Bartholomaeus Nigrinus, Polish Rosicrucian (d. 1646) Pocahontas, Algonquian princess (d. 1617) Mikołaj Potocki, Polish politician (d. 1651) Robert Sempill the younger, Scottish writer (d. 1663) Cornelius Vermuyden, Dutch engineer (d. 1683) Probable Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (d. 1624) Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł, Lithuanian chancellor (d. 1656) Deaths January 2 – Barbara of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brieg, German princess (b. 1527) January 15 – Murad III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546) January 24 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (b. 1529) February – William Painter, English translator (b. 1540) February 20 – Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) February 21 – Robert Southwell, Jesuit priest and poet (b. 1561) April 25 – Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (b. 1544) May 4 – Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle, Cardinal and 52nd Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1531) May 14 – Wolfgang, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1531) May 19 – John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony (b. 1529) May 25 Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567) Philip Neri, Italian Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1515) June 23 – Louis Carrion, Flemish humanist and classical scholar (b. 1547) June 26 – Magnus, Duke of Östergötland, Swedish prince (b. 1542) July 10 – Udai Singh of Marwar, Ruler of Marwar (b. 1538) July 23 – Thoinot Arbeau, French priest and author (b. 1519) August 24 – Thomas Digges, English astronomer (b. 1546) August 26 – Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531) September