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Events
Births
- January 31 - Henry I, Duke Of Guise , French Catholic general (died 1588 )
- April 12 - Edward De Vere, 17th Earl Of Oxford , Lord Great Chamberlain of England (died 1604 )
- June 27 - King Charles IX Of France (died 1574 )
- September 10 - Alonso De Guzman El Bueno, 7th Duke Of Medina Sidonia , commander of the Spanish Armada (died 1615 )
- September 17 - Pope Paul V (died 1621 )
- October 4 - King Charles IX Of Sweden (died 1611 )
- December 6 - Orazio Vecchi , Italian composer (died 1605 )
- Jacob Ben Isaac Ashkenazi , author
- Robert Balfour , Scottish philosopher (died 1625 )
- Henry Barrowe , English Puritan and Separatist (died 1593 )
- Camillus De Lellis , Italian soldier and nurse (died 1614 )
- Emilio De' Cavalieri , Italian composer (died 1602 )
- John Davis , English explorer (died 1605 )
- Sarsa Dengel , Emperor Of Ethiopia (died 1597 )
- Jacobus Gallus , Slovenian composer (died 1591 )
- Philip Henslowe , English theatrical entrepreneur (died 1616 )
- Karin Månsdotter , queen of Eric XIV Of Sweden (died 1612 )
- Andreas Libavius , German doctor and chemist (died 1616 )
- John Napier , Scottish mathematician (died 1617 )
- Pomponio Nenna , Italian composer (died 1613 )
- Ralph Sherwin , English Roman Catholic martyr and saint (died 1581 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- April 12 - Claude, Duke Of Guise , French soldier (born 1496 )
- May 18 - John, Cardinal Of Lorraine , French churchman (born 1498 )
- May 20 - Ashikaga Yoshiharu , Japanese shogun (born 1511 )
- July 30 - Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl Of Southampton , English politician (born 1505 )
- October 23 - Tiedemann Giese , Polish Catholic bishop (born 1480 )
- November 6 - Ulrich, Duke Of Württemberg (b. 1487 )
- John Of God , Spanish friar and saint
- Nuño Beltrán De Guzmán , Spanish conquistador
- Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah , second ruler of Golconda
- Tabinshwehti , King of Burma
''See also .''
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