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Events
Births
- January 9 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy , French soldier (d. 1621 )
- January 27 - Abbas I Of Safavid , Shah Of Iran (died 1629 )
- February 15 - Michael Praetorius , German composer and writer on music (died 1621 )
- May 11 - Niwa Nagashige , Japanese warlord (died 1637 )
- October 18 - Wolfgang Ratke , German educationist (died 1635 )
- December 9 - Metius , Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635 )
- December 27 - Johannes Kepler , German astronomer (died 1630 )
- Henry Ainsworth , English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar (died 1622 )
- William Bedell , Anglican churchman (died 1642 )
- Willem Blaeu , Dutch cartographer (died 1638 )
- Gabrielle D'Estrée , mistress of Henri IV Of France (died 1599 )
- Frederick De Houtman , Dutch explorer (died 1627 )
- Hugh Roe O'Donnell , Irish chieftain and rebel (died 1603 )
- Aleksander Ostrogski , Polish nobleman (died 1603 )
- Alessandro Peretti Di Montalto , Venetian cardinal (died 1623 )
- Thomas Storer , English poet (died 1604 )
- Thomas Wintour , English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (died 1606 )
- Tirso De Molina , Spanish dramatist and poet (died 1648 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- January 9 - Nicolas Durand De Villegaignon , French naval officer (born 1510 )
- February 12 - Nicholas Throckmorton , English diplomat and politician (b. 1515 )
- February 13 - Benvenuto Cellini , Italian artist (born 1500 )
- April 6 - John Hamilton , Scottish prelate and politician (born 1511 )
- June 1 - John Story , English Catholic (martyred)
- July 15 - Shimazu Takahisa , Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1514 )
- July 17 - Georg Fabricius , German poet (born 1516 )
- September 23 - John Jewel , English bishop (born 1522 )
- Hans Asper , Swiss painter (born 1499 )
- Tsukahara Bokuden , Japanese swordsman (born 1489 )
- Joachim II Of Brandenburg (born 1505 )
- Titu Cusi , Incan ruler (born 1529 )
- Dorothea Of Saxe-Lauenburg , consort of Christian III Of Denmark (born 1511 )
- Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl Of Lennox (born 1516 )
- Mori Motonari , Japanese warlord
- Jan Tarlo , Polish nobleman
- Pierre Viret , Swiss theologian (born 1511 )
''See also .''
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