Year ( MDXLIV ) was a Leap Year Starting On Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .
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- January 19 - King Francis II Of France (died 1560 )
- March 11 - Torquato Tasso , Italian poet (died 1595 )
- April - Thomas Fleming , English judge (died 1613 )
- May 24 - William Gilbert , English scientist (died 1603 )
- December 23 - Anna Of Saxony , only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (died 1577 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Richard Bancroft , Archbishop Of Canterbury (died 1610 )
- --- Thomas Hobson , English carrier and origin of the phrase " Hobson's Choice " (b. 1631 )
- --- Ikeda Tomomasa , Japanese military commander (died 1603 )
- ''probable''
- --- Sanada Masayuki , Japanese military leader (died 1611 )
- --- George Whetstone , English writer (died 1587 )
: ''See also .''
- March 22 - Johannes Magnus , last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488 )
- April 30 - Thomas Audley , Lord Chancellor Of England (born 1488 )
- June 14 - Antoine, Duke Of Lorraine (born 1489 )
- July 15 - René Of Châlon , Prince of the House of Orange (born 1519 )
- September 10 - Clément Marot , French poet (born 1496 )
- September 25 - Valerius Cordus , German physician and scientist (born 1515 )
- December 9 - Teofilo Folengo , Italian poet (b. 1491 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Ulick NagCeann Burke, 1st Earl Of Clanricarde
- --- Chen Chun , Chinese painter (b. 1483 )
- --- Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat
- --- Nilakantha Somayaji , Indian mathematician and astronomer (born 1444 )
- --- Manco Inca Yupanqui , ruler of the Inca (born 1516 )
- ''probable''
- --- Bonaventure Des Périers , French author (born 1500 )
: ''See also .''
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