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Events
Births
- April 15 - George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore , English politician and colonizer
- April 18 - (baptism) Thomas Middleton , English playwright. (died 1627 )
- April 24 - Vincent De Paul , French priest and saint (died 1660 )
- June 6 - Godefroy Wendelin , Belgian astronomer (died 1667 )
- June 9 - Daniel Heinsius , Dutch scholar (died 1655 )
- August 24 - John Taylor , English poet (died 1654 )
- September 15 - Charles Annibal Fabrot , French lawyer (died 1659 )
- September 17 - Francisco De Quevedo , Spanish writer (died 1645 )
- December 1 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri De Peiresc , French astronomer (died 1637 )
- December 4 - Samuel Argall , English adventurer and naval officer (died 1626 )
- George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore , English politician and coloniser (died 1632 )
- John Digby, 1st Earl Of Bristol , English diplomatist (died 1653 )
- George Calvert , English secretary of state (died 1632 )
- Philip Cluwer , German geographer and historian (died 1623 )
- Edward Fairfax , English translator (died 1635 )
- Frans Hals , Dutch painter (died 1666 )
- Dirk Hartog , Dutch ship's captain and explorer (died 1621 )
- John Smith Of Jamestown , Virginia settler (died 1631 )
- Zacharias Janssen , Dutch spectacle-maker (died 1638 )
- Robert Killigrew , knight of Arwenack in Falmouth (died 1633 )
- Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl Of Leven , Scottish soldier (died 1661 )
- Willebrord Snell , Dutch astronomer and mathematician (died 1626 )
- Willebrord Van Roijen Snell , Dutch mathematician (died 1626 )
- Raphael Sobiehrd-Mnishovsky , Bohemian lawyer and writer (died 1644 )
- Benjamin De Rohan, Duc De Soubise , French Huguenot leader (died 1642 )
- Pierre Vernier , French mathematician and instrument inventor (died 1637 )
- Krzysztof Zbaraski , Polish nobleman (died 1627 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- January 31 - King Henry Of Portugal (born 1512 )
- February 2 - Bessho Nagaharu , Japanese retainer (b. 1558 )
- April 1 - Alonso Mudarra , Spanish composer and vihuelist (born 1510 )
- June 10 - Luís De Camões , Portuguese poet
- August 1 - Albrecht Giese IV , German politician and diplomat (born 1524 )
- August 19 - Andrea Palladio , Italian architect (born 1508 )
- August 20 - Jeronymo Osorio , Portuguese historian (b. 1506 )
- August 30 - Emmanuel Philibert, Duke Of Savoy (born 1528 )
- November 3 - Jeronimo Zurita Y Castro , Spanish historian (born 1512 )
- November 30 - Richard Farrant , English composer (born 1530 )
- December 1 - Giovanni Morone , Italian cardinal (b. 1509 )
- Cristobal Acosta , Portuguese doctor and natural historian (born 1515 )
- Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl Of Arundel , English nobleman (born 1511 )
- John Heywood , English dramatist (born 1497 )
- Giovanni Filippo Ingrassias , Italian anatomist (born 1545 )
- Robert Lindsay Of Pitscottie , Scottish chronicler
- Bessho Nagaharu , Japanese nobleman
- Zofia Odrowaz , Polish noblewoman (born 1540 )
- Krystyna Radziwill , Polish noblewoman (born 1560 )
- Antonio Scandello , Italian composer
- Matsudaira Shigeyoshi , Japanese general (born 1493 )
- Ruy López De Segura , Spanish priest and writer on chess (born 1530 )
- Inés Suárez , Spanish conquistadora (born 1507 )
- Thomas Tusser , English poet and farmer (born 1524 )
''See also .''
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