23 – Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England (b. 1515) December 24 – Henry V, Burgrave of Plauen (b. 1533) December 28 – Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1515) December 31 – Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) date unknown Henry Sutton Dudley, English soldier and sailor (b. 1517) Garcia de Orta, Portuguese Jewish physician (b. 1501) Dirk Philips, early Dutch Anabaptist writer and theologian (b. 1504) Yan Song, Chinese prime minister (b. 1481) Amato Lusitano, Portuguese physician (b. 1511) References