physician (d. 1632) Matthijs Bril, Flemish painter (d. 1583) Helena Antonia, Austrian court dwarf (d. 1595) Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1597) Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Irish rebel (d. 1616) probable Robert Balfour, Scottish philosopher (d. 1625) Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and Separatist (d. 1593) Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer (d. 1602) Cornelis Corneliszoon, Dutch inventor of the sawmill (d. c. 1600) Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (d. 1616) Brianda Pereira, Azorean Portuguese heroine (d. 1620) Deaths January 12 – Andrea Alciato, Italian jurist and writer (b. 1492) January 22 – Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah, second ruler of Golconda January 28 – Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Lutheran administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin (b. 1509) February 22 – Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (b. 1533) March 7 – William IV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1493) March 8 – John of God, Spanish friar and saint (b. 1495) April 12 – Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (b. 1496) April 13 – Innocenzo Cybo, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1491) April 30 – King Tabinshwehti of Burma (b. 1516) May 18 – Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) May 20 – Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1511) June 13 – Veronica Gambara, Italian poet (b. 1485) July 19 (probable date) – Jacopo Bonfadio, Italian historian, executed (b. c. 1508) July 22 – Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1481) July 30 – Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505) August 18 – Antonio Ferramolino, Italian architect and military engineer October 20 – Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria (b. 1488) October 23 – Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) October 24 – Louis of Valois, French prince (b. 1549) October 26 – Samuel Maciejowski, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1499) November 6 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487) November 7 – Jón Arason, last Catholic bishop of Iceland (b. 1484) December 6 – Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter (b. 1502) December 8 – Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b. 1478) December 29 – Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (b. 1468) date unknown – Aq Kubek of Astrakhan, ruler of Astrakhan Khanate References