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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1520s 1530s - 1540s ''' - 1550s 1560s 1570s
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| align="center" | - 16th Century ''' - 17th Century
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Events
Births
- February 24 - Don John Of Austria , military leader (died 1578 )
- March 1 - Rudolph Goclenius , German philosopher (died 1628 )
- June 28 - Cristofano Malvezzi , Italian organist and composer (died 1599 )
- September 14 - Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt , Dutch statesman (died 1619 )
- September 22 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin , German philologist and poet (died 1590 )
- September 29 - Miguel De Cervantes , Spanish writer (died 1616 )
- October 18 - Justus Lipsius , Flemish humanist (died 1606 )
- November 12 - Claude Of Valois , daughter of King Henry II Of France (died 1575 )
- December 5 - Ubbo Emmius , Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625 )
- Matteo Perez D' Aleccio , Italian painter (died 1616 )
- Mateo Alemán , Spanish novelist and man of letters (died 1609 )
- Peter Bales , English calligraphist (died 1610 )
- Marc Antonio Ingegneri , Italian composer (died 1592 )
- Oichi , Japanese noblewoman
- Krzysztof Mikolaj Piorun Radziwill , Polish nobleman (died 1603 )
- Richard Stanyhurst , English translator of Virgil (died 1618 )
- Nicolaus Taurellus , German philosopher and theologian (died 1606 )
- Roemer Visscher , Dutch writer (died 1620 )
- Stanislaw Zolkiewski , Polish nobleman (died 1620 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- January 13 - Henry Howard, Earl Of Surrey , English poet (born 1517 )
- January 16 - Johannes Schöner , German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477 )
- January 18 - Pietro Bembo , Italian cardinal and scholar (born 1470 )
- January 28 - King Henry VIII Of England (born 1491 )
- June 21 - Sebastiano Del Piombo , Italian painter (b. 1485 )
- July 31 - King Francis I Of France (born 1494 )
- December 2 - Hernán Cortés , Spanish conquistador (born 1485 )
- Jörg Breu The Younger , German painter (born 1510 )
- Saint Cajetan , born in Vicenza (born 1480 )
- Vittoria Colonna , marchioness of Pescara (born 1490 )
- Edward Hall , English chronicler and lawyer (born 1498 )
- Meera , Rajput princess
- Daniel, Metropolitan Of Moscow
- Konrad Peutinger , German humanist and antiquarian (born 1465 )
''See also .''
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