Year ( MDXLVIII ) was a Leap Year Starting On Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .
- January 5 - Francisco Suárez , Spanish philosopher and theologian (died 1617 )
- May - Carel Van Mander , Dutch painter and poet (died 1606 )
- September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi , Italian architect (died 1616 )
- September 29 - William V, Duke Of Bavaria (died 1626 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Giordano Bruno , Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (died 1600 )
- --- Honda Tadakatsu , Japanese general (died 1610 )
- --- Jacopo Mazzoni , Italian philosopher (died 1598 )
- --- Oda Nagamasu , Japanese nobleman (died 1622 )
- --- Edward Manners, 3rd Earl Of Rutland (died 1587 )
- --- Luis Barahona De Soto , Spanish poet (died 1595 )
- --- William Stanley , English soldier (died 1630 )
- --- Simon Stevin , Belgian mathematician and engineer (died 1620 )
- --- Saito Tatsuoki , Japanese daimyo (died 1573 )
- --- Tomás Luis De Victoria , Spanish composer (died 1611 )
- ''probable''
- --- Francesco Andreini , Italian actor (died 1624 )
- --- Francesco Soriano , Italian composer (died 1621 )
: ''See also .''
- January 23 - Bernardo Pisano , Italian composer (born 1490 )
- February 26 - Lorenzino De' Medici , writer and assassin (born 1514 )
- March 23 - Itagaki Nobukata , Japanese retainer
- March 24 - Gissur Einarsson , first Lutheran bishop in Iceland
- April 1 - Sigismund I The Old , King of Poland (born 1467 )
- May 30 - Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin , Mexican Catholic saint (born 1474 )
- June 3 - Juan De Zumárraga , Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (born 1468 )
- June 6 - Juan De Castro , Portuguese explorer (born 1500 )
- June 14 - Carpentras , French composer (born c. 1470 )
- September 7 - Catherine Parr , queen of Henry VIII Of England (born c. 1512 )
- October 27 - Johannes Dantiscus , Polish poet and Bishop of Warmia (born 1485 )
- December 27 - Francesco Spiera , Italian Protestant jurist (born 1502 )
: ''See also .''
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