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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 6 - Thomas Fincke , Danish mathematician and physicist (died 1656 )
- January 22 - Sir Francis Bacon , English philosopher, scientist, and statesman (died 1626 )
- July 11 - Luís De Góngora Y Argote , Spanish poet (died 1627 )
- August 20 - Jacopo Peri , Italian composer (died 1633 )
- August 24 - Thomas Howard, 1st Earl Of Suffolk (died 1626 )
- August 25 - Philippe Van Lansberge , Dutch astronomer (died 1632 )
- September 29 - Adriaan Van Roomen , Belgian mathematician (died 1615 )
- December 7 - Kikkawa Hiroie , Japanese politician (d. 1625 )
- December 9 - Edwin Sandys , English founder of the colony of Virginia (died 1629 )
- Jacopo Corsi , Italian composer (died 1602 )
- John Harington , English writer (died 1612 )
- Samuel Harsnett , Archbishop of York (died 1631 )
''See also .''
Deaths
''See also .''
Literature
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