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Events
Science
Architecture
Births
- January 27 - Joachim Friedrich , Elector of Brandenburg (died 1608 )
- May 5 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl Of Exeter , English politician (died 1623 )
- June 24 - Robert Parsons , English Jesuit priest (died 1610 )
- July 4 - Murat III , Ottoman Sultan (died 1595 )
- December 14 - Tycho Brahe , Danish astronomer (died 1601 )
- François D'Aguilon , Belgian mathematician and physicist (died 1617 )
- William Barclay , Scottish jurist (died 1608 )
- Luca Bati , Italian Baroque composer (died 1608 )
- Philippe Desportes , French poet (died 1606 )
- Thomas Digges , English astronomer (died 1595 )
- Lodewijk Elzevir , Dutch printer (died 1617 )
- Takeda Katsuyori , Japanese nobleman (died 1582 )
- Tobias Matthew , archbishop of York (died 1628 )
- Mikolaj VII Radziwill , Polish magnate (died 1565 )
- Gasparo Tagliacozzi , Italian surgeon and anatomist (died 1599 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- January 21 - Azai Sukemasa , Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1491 )
- February 18 - Martin Luther , German religious reformer (born 1483 )
- March 1 - George Wishart , Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (born 1513 )
- March 26 - Thomas Elyot , English diplomat and scholar
- May 29 - David Beaton , Scottish Catholic cardinal
- July 16 - Anne Askew , English protestant (burned at the stake) (born 1521 )
- August 1 - Peter Faber , French Jesuit theologian (born 1506 )
- August 3 - Étienne Dolet , French scholar and printer (born 1509 )
- August 3 - Antonio Da Sangallo The Younger , Italian architect (born 1484 )
- November 1 - Giulio Romano , Italian painter (born 1499 )
- Gaudenzio Ferrari , Italian painter and sculptor
- Philipp Von Hutten , German knight (born 1511 )
- Khair Ad Din "Barbarossa", corsair ruler of Algiers (born 1475 )
- Friedrich Myconius , German Lutheran theologian (born 1491 )
- Francisco De Vitoria , Renaissance theologian (born 1492 )
''See also .''
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