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Events
Births
- February 4 - Pierre De Bérulle , French cardinal and statesman (died 1629 )
- March 5 - William Oughtred , English mathematician (died 1660 )
- May 30 - Diego Salcedo , Spanish bishop (died 1644 )
- August 14 - Robert Hayman , English-born poet (died 1629 )
- November 4 - Guido Reni , Italian painter (died 1642 )
- Giambattista Basile , Italian poet (died 1632 )
- Edmund Bolton , English historian and poet (died 1633 )
- Jakob Böhme , German mystic (died 1624 )
- David Calderwood , Scottish divine and historian (died 1650 )
- Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness De Ros (died 1591 )
- Ignazio Donati , Italian composer (died 1638 )
- Alessandro Grandi , northern Italian composer (died 1630 )
- Anna Kostka , Polish noblewoman (died 1635 )
- Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl Of Middlesex , successful London merchant (died 1645 )
- William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle (died 1622 )
- Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke Of Osuna , Spanish viceroy of Sicily and Naples (died 1624 )
- Samuel Purchas , English travel writer (died 1626 )
- Arbella Stuart , Duchess of Somerset (died 1615 )
- Cyril Tourneur , English dramatist (died 1626 )
- Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl Of Tyrconnell (died 1608 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- February 21 - Claude Of Valois , daughter of Henry II Of France (born 1547 )
- March 11 - Matthias Flacius , Croatian protestant reformer (born 1520 )
- March 15 - Annibale Padovano , Italian composer and organist (born 1527 )
- March 24 - Yosef Karo , Spanish-born rabbi (born 1488 )
- May 17 - Matthew Parker , Archbishop Of Canterbury (born 1504 )
- July 14 - Richard Taverner , English Bible translator
- September 17 - Heinrich Bullinger , Swiss religious reformer (born 1504 )
- December 23 - Akiyama Nobutomo , Japanese retainer (born 1531 )
- December 31 - Pierino Belli , Italian soldier and jurist (born None )
- Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl Of Argyll , Scottish politician (born 1532 )
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl Of Arran (born 1516 )
- Takeda Nobukado , Japanese nobleman
- Constantio Varoli , Italian anatomist (born 1543 )
- Limahon , Chinese pirate
''See also .''
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