Bendidio, Italian singer and noble in Renaissance court of Ferrara (d. 1610) October 5 – Rudolph Snellius, Dutch linguist and mathematician (d. 1613) November 11 – Richard Madox, English explorer (d. 1583) December 14 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (d. 1601) date unknown Luca Bati, Italian Baroque composer (d. 1608) Thomas Digges, English astronomer (d. 1595) Veronica Franco, Venetian poet and courtesan (died 1591) Takeda Katsuyori, Japanese nobleman (d. 1582) Mikołaj VII Radziwiłł, Polish magnate (d. 1565) probable – Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch printer (d. 1617) Deaths January 11 Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1497) Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor (b. c. 1471) February 18 – Martin Luther, German religious reformer (b. 1483) February 23 – Francis, Count of Enghien, French military leader (b. 1519) March 1 – George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b. 1513) March 26 – Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar (b. c. 1490) April 7 – Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian (b. 1491) May 17 – Philipp von Hutten, German explorer (b. 1511) May 28 – Ottaviano de' Medici, Italian politician (b. 1484) May 29 – David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal (assassinated) (b. c. 1494) June 13 – Fridolin Sicher, Swiss composer (b. 1490) July 4 – Khair ad Din "Barbarossa", corsair ruler of Algiers (b. 1475) July 9 – Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell, Scottish statesman (b. c. 1493) July 16 – Anne Askew, English Protestant (burned at the stake) (b. 1521) August 1 – Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) August 3 Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509) Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484) August 12 – Francisco de Vitoria, Renaissance theologian (b. 1492) November 1 – Giulio Romano, Italian painter (b. 1499) References