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Events
Births
- January 9 - Pope Gregory XV (died 1623 )
- January 20 - King Sebastian Of Portugal (died 1578 )
- March 26 - Charles Of Lorraine, Duke Of Mayenne , French military leader (died 1611 )
- May 20 - Paolo Bellasio , Italian composer (died 1594 )
- November 30 - Sir Philip Sidney , English courtier and poet (died 1586 )
- December 19 - Philip William, Prince Of Orange (d. 1618 )
- Jacques Bongars , French scholar and diplomatist (died 1612 )
- Stephen Gosson , English satirist (died 1624 )
- Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke , English poet (died 1628 )
- Richard Hooker , Anglican theologian (died 1600 )
- James Lancaster , English navigator (died 1618 )
- Walter Raleigh , English writer, poet, and explorer (died 1618 )
- Francis Throckmorton , English conspirator (died 1584 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- January 1 - Pedro De Valdivia , Spanish conquistador
- January 16 - Christiern Pedersen , Danish humanist
- February 12 - Lord Guilford Dudley , consort of Lady Jane Grey (executed) (b. 1536 )
- February 12 - Lady Jane Grey , claimant to the throne of England (executed) (born 1537 )
- February 21 - Hieronymus Bock , German botanist
- February 23 - Henry Grey, 1st Duke Of Suffolk , English politican (executed)
- March 3 - John Frederick, Elector Of Saxony (born 1503 )
- April 11 - Thomas Wyatt The Younger , English rebel (executed) (born 1521 )
- August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke Of Norfolk , English politician (b. 1473 )
- September 22 - Francisco Vásquez De Coronado , Spanish conquistador
- December 22 - Alessandro Bonvicino , Italian painter
- Leo Africanus , Sudanese writer (born 1485 )
- Sebastiano Serlio , Italian architect (born 1475 )
- John Taylor , Bishop of Lincoln (born 1503 )
''See also .''
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