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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1540s 1550s - 1560s ''' - 1570s 1580s 1590s
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| align="center" | - 16th Century ''' - 17th Century
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Events
Births
- January 17 - Gaspard Bauhin , Swiss botanist (died 1624 )
- June 25 - Wilhelm Fabry , German surgeon (died 1634 )
- August 7 - Elizabeth Báthory , Hungarian serial killer (died 1614 )
- August 10 - Hieronymus Praetorius , German composer (died 1629 )
- November 3 - Annibale Carracci , Italian painter (died 1609 )
- December 3 - Jan Gruter , Dutch critic and scholar (died 1627 )
- Felice Anerio , Italian composer (died 1614 )
- Jacobus Arminius , Dutch theologian (died 1609 )
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz , Polish military commander (died 1621 )
- Dominicus Corea , King of Kotte of Ceylon (died 1596 )
- James Crichton , Scottish scholar (died 1582 )
- Lieven De Key , Dutch architect (died 1627 )
- Hector MacLean Of Dowart , Scottish Lord of the Clan MacLean (died 1630 )
- Ishida Mitsunari , Japanese samurai
- Niall Garve O'Donnell , Irish nobleman (died 1626 )
- Katarzyna Ostrogska , Polish noblewoman (died 1579 )
- John Owen , epigrammatist (died 1622 )
- Anton Praetorius , German pastor (died 1613 )
- Krystyna Radziwill , Polish noblewoman (died 1580 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- January 1 - Joachim Du Bellay , French poet
- February 7 - Bartolommeo Bandinelli , Florentine sculptor (born 1493 )
- February 16 - Jean Du Bellay , French cardinal and diplomat
- April 19 - Philipp Melanchthon , German humanist and reformer (born 1497 )
- September 29 - King Gustav I Of Sweden (born 1496 )
- September 30 - Melchior Cano , Spanish theologian (born 1525 )
- November 25 - Andrea Doria , Italian naval commander (born 1466 )
- December 5 - King Francis II Of France (born 1544 )
- Anastasia Of Russia , wife Tsar Ivan The Terrible
- Mary Of Guise , queen of James V Of Scotland and regent (born 1515 )
- Barbara Kola , Polish noblewoman (born 1480 )
- Jan Laski , Polish Protestant evangelical reformer (born 1499 )
- Amy Robsart , English noblewoman
- John Sheppard , English composer and organist (born 1515 )
- Imagawa Yoshimoto , Japanese daimyo
- Ii Naomori , Japanese warrior
''See also .''
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