and courtier (d. 1608) Deaths January 19 – Diego Laynez, Spanish Jesuit theologian (b. 1512) January 28 – Francisco Cesi, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1500) February 28 – John, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels and Count of Glatz (b. 1509) March 17 – Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (b. 1500) c. March – Lope de Rueda, Spanish dramatist (b. c. 1510) April 2 – Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton, English noble (b. 1526) April 27 – Osanna of Cattaro, Dominican visionary and anchoress (b. 1493) May 14 – Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German Protestant reformer (b. 1483) May 5 – Queen Munjeong, Korean queen (b. 1501) May 28 – Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Polish magnate (b. 1515) June 12 – Adrianus Turnebus, French classical scholar (b. 1512) June 17 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536) June 19 – Wolfgang Lazius, Austrian historian (b. 1514) June 23 – Turgut Reis, Ottoman naval commander (b. 1485) July 18 – Kat Ashley, governess of Elizabeth I of England August – Jacques Buus, Flemish composer and organist (b. 1500) August 29 – Alfonso Carafa, Italian cardinal (b. 1540) June 25 – Herluf Trolle, Danish Admiral of the Fleet and co-founder of Herlufsholm School (b. 1516) September 13 – William Farel, French evangelist (b. 1489) September 20 – Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (b. 1515) October 4 – Pier Paolo Vergerio, Italian reformer (b. 1498) October 5 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522) October 7 – Johannes Mathesius, German theologian (b. 1504) October 12 – Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520) October 14 – Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (b. 1521) October 21 – John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony and nominal Duke of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1538) October 22 – Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479) October 29 – Ranuccio Farnese, Italian prelate (b. 1530) November 2 – Mechthild of Bavaria, German duchess (b. 1532) November 25 – Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (b. 1512) December 9 – Pope Pius IV (b. 1499) December 12 – Johan Rantzau, German general (b. 1492) December 13 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (b. 1516) date unknown Antonio Bernieri, Italian painter of the Renaissance period (b. 1516) Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan, last khan of Kazan Khanate Paweł Tarło, canon of Kraków, Poland References