Delmenhorst (1573–1597) (b. 1540) November 16 – Pierre Charron, French 16th-century Catholic theologian and philosopher (b. 1541) November 18 – Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Dutch countess, sister of William the Silent (b. 1542) November 20 – Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman (b. 1547) November 30 – William Gilbert, English scientist (plague) (b. 1544) December 4 – Maerten de Vos, Flemish painter and draughtsman (b. 1532) December 5 – George Brooke, English aristocrat (b. 1568) December 8 – Girolamo Mattei, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1547) December 9 – William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) December 22 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1566) December 27 – Thomas Cartwright, English Puritan churchman (b. 1535) December 28 – John Joscelyn, English clergyman and antiquarian as well as secretary to Matthew Parker (b. 1529) Date unknown Edward Fenton, English navigator Oleksander Ostrogski, Polish nobleman (b. 1571) Chen Lin, general of Ming dynasty Probable Gráinne O'Malley, Irish chieftain and pirate (b. 1530) King Idris Alooma of the Kanem-Bornu Empire Will Kempe, English comic performer References