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Events
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Births
- January 28 - John Barclay , Scottish satirist and Latin poet (died 1621 )
- May 1 - Marco Da Gagliano , Italian composer (died 1643 )
- May 28 - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye And Sele , English statesman (died 1662 )
- August 28 - Taichang Emperor , of the Ming dynasty of China (died 1620 )
- October 17 - Johann Gerhard , Lutheran church leader (died 1637 )
- October 19 - Dmitry Ivanovich , Tsraevich (d. 1591 )
- November 27 - Pierre Dupuy , French scholar (died 1651 )
- December 23 - Severo Bonini , Italian composer (died 1663 )
- Giovanni Francesco Abela , Maltese writer (died 1655 )
- Giulio Alenio , Italian Jesuit missionary (died 1649 )
- Gregorio Allegri , Italian composer (died 1652 )
- John Bainbridge , English astronomer (died 1648 )
- Richard Corbet , English poet (died 1635 )
- William Feilding, 1st Earl Of Denbigh (died 1643 )
- Phineas Fletcher , English poet (died 1650 )
- Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi , Italian Baroque composer (died 1609 )
- Kobayakawa Hideaki , Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1602 )
- Sigismondo D'India , Italian composer (died 1629 )
- Dmitry Ivanovich , Russian tsarevich
- William Juxon , Archbishop Of Canterbury (died 1663 )
- William Lithgow , Scottish traveller (died 1645 )
- François Maynard , French poet (died 1646 )
- Thomas Moulson , Lord Mayor of London (died 1638 )
- David Teniers The Elder , Flemish painter (died 1649 )
- Francis Windebank , English politician (died 1646 )
- Jakub Zadzik , Polish nobleman and diplomat (died 1642 )
''See also .''
Deaths
- January 26 - Thomas Platter , Swiss humanist scholar (born 1499 )
- March 18 - Juan Jauregui , attempted assassin of William I Of Orange (born 1562 )
- April 3 - Takeda Katsuyori , Japanese nobleman (born 1546 )
- June 21 - Oda Nobutada , Japanese samurai and warrior (born 1534 )
- June 21 - Anayama Nobukimi , Japanese military commander (born 1541 )
- June 23 - Shimizu Muneharu , Japanese military commander (born 1537 )
- July 2 - Akechi Mitsuhide , Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1528 )
- September 28 - George Buchanan , Scottish humanist scholar (born 1506 )
- October 4 - Saint Teresa Of Avila , Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (born 1515 )
- Fernando Alvarez De Toledo , Spanish general (born 1507 )
- Wu Cheng'en , Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty
- James Crichton , Scottish scholar (born 1560 )
- Giocangga , chieftain of the Jurchens
- Jacques Pelletier Du Mans , French mathematician (born 1517 )
- Hans Hendrik Van Paesschen , Flemish architect (born 1510 )
''See also .''
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