Year was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .
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- April 5 - George Frederick, Margrave Of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1603 )
- April 7 - Tobias Stimmer , Swiss artist, (died 1584 )
- October 2 - Saint Charles Borromeo , Italian cardinal (died 1584 )
- November 1 - Pierre Pithou , French lawyer and scholar (died 1596 )
- December 5 - Fausto Paolo Sozzini , Italian theologian (died 1604 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- José Luis Carvajal Y De La Cueva , Portuguese explorer (died 1590 )
- --- Hasegawa Tōhaku , Japanese painter (died 1610 )
- --- Ikeda Katsumasa , Japanese military commander (died 1578 )
- --- Laurence Tomson , Calvinist (died 1608 )
: ''See also .''
- February 6 - John III, Duke Of Cleves (born 1491 )
- February 13 - Isabella D'Este , Marquise of Mantua (born 1474 )
- March 5 - Nuno Da Cunha , Portuguese governor in India (born 1487 )
- March 12 - Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl Of Wiltshire , English diplomat and politician (born 1477 )
- April 17 - George, Duke Of Saxony (born 1471 )
- May 7 - Guru Nanak , founder of Sikhism (born 1469 )
- May 7 - Ottaviano Petrucci , Italian printer (born 1466 )
- July 5 - St Anthony Maria Zaccaria , Italian saint (born 1502 )
- August - Vannoccio Biringuccio , Italian metallurgist (born 1480 )
- September 8 - John Stokesley , English prelate (born 1475 )
- November 15 - Hugh Cook Faringdon , Abbot of Reading
- December 20 - Johannes Lupi , Flemish composer (born c1539)
- ''date unknown''
- --- James Beaton , Scottish church leader (born 1473 )
: ''See also .''
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