October 14 – Lucas Maius, Lutheran Reformation pastor, theologian and playwright (d. 1598) November 1 – Andrew Corbet, English landowner and politician (d. 1578) November 4 – Albert de Gondi, Marshal of France (d. 1602) November 9 – Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer (d. 1586) November 18 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) December 16 – Honoré I, Lord of Monaco (d. 1581) date unknown Mihrimah Sultan, Ottoman princess (d. 1578) Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Spanish Jewish rabbi and kabbalist (d. 1570) Philothei, Greek saint (d. 1589) Jacques Cujas, French legal expert (d. 1590) probable Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (d. 1559) possible Catherine Howard, fifth queen of Henry VIII of England, (b. between 1518 and 1524; d. 1542) Deaths January 25 – Raffaello Maffei, Italian theologian (b. 1451) January 29 – Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count (b. 1455) February 25 – William Lilye, English classical scholar (b. c. 1468) April – Queen Eleni of Ethiopia April 10 – Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, Italian philosopher (b. 1466) June 13 – Piero Soderini, Florentine statesman (b. 1450) June 24 – Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Landgravine of Hesse, German noble (b. 1483) June 25 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (b. 1451) June 30 – Johann Reuchlin, German humanist and Hebrew scholar (b. 1455) August 28- Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, sculptor, engineer and architect September – Gavin Douglas, Scottish poet and bishop (b. c. 1474) October 30 – Jean Mouton, French composer (b. c. 1459) November 14 – Anne of France, Princess and Regent of France (b. 1461) date unknown – Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, Italian painter (b. 1440) References