Year was a Common Year Starting On Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .
- September 20 - English forces under Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl Of Warwick , land in Newhaven ( Le Havre ) to aid the Huguenots.
- September 22 - Maximilian , son of the Emperor Ferdinand I , succeeds as King of Bohemia .
- October 26 - Rouen is captured by Royalist forces under Antoine De Bourbon , King of Navarre, who is mortally wounded.
- November 5 - In Scotland , the rebellion of George Gordon, Earl Of Huntly is crushed by James Stewart, Earl Of Moray at Corrichie .
- November 20 - Maximilian of Bohemia is elected King of the Romans.
- December 19 - Battle Of Dreux . An indecisive battle between Huguenots forces under Condé and Coligny, and Catholic forces under Anne De Montmorency and Guise. The official leaders of both armies (Condé and Montmorency) are captured in the battle.
- January 12 - Charles Emmanuel I, Duke Of Savoy (died 1630 )
- January 13 - Mark Alexander Boyd , Scottish poet and soldier of fortune (died 1601 )
- January 20 - Ottavio Rinuccini , Italian composer (died 1621 )
- April/May - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck , Dutch composer (died 1621 )
- May 6 - Pietro Bernini , Italian sculptor (died 1629 )
- July 25 - Kato Kiyomasa , Japanese samurai (died 1611 )
- August 17 - (baptised) - Hans Leo Hassler , German composer (died 1612 )
- October 4 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus , Danish astronomer (died 1647 )
- October 19 - George Abbot , Archbishop Of Canterbury (died 1633 )
- November 25 - Lope De Vega , Spanish poet and dramatist (died 1635 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Isabella Andreini , Italian actress (died 1604 )
- --- John Bull , English composer (died 1628 )
- --- Henry Constable , English poet (died 1613 )
- --- Samuel Daniel , English poet and historian (died 1619 )
- --- Francis Godwin , English writer and prelate (died 1633 )
- --- George Gordon, 1st Marquess Of Huntly (died 1636 )
- --- Juan De Jáuregui , attempted assassin of William I Of Orange (died 1582 )
- --- Natsuka Masaie , Japanese daimyo (died 1600 )
- --- Richard Neile , English churchman (died 1640 )
- --- Penelope Blount, Countess Of Devonshire (died 1607 )
- --- Henry Spelman , English antiquary (died 1641 )
- --- Maeda Toshinaga , Japanese nobleman (died 1614 )
- --- Cornelis Van Haarlem , Dutch painter (died 1638 )
- --- Xu Guangqi , Chinese agronomist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1633 )
- January - Ilie II Rareş , Prince of Moldavia (born 1531 )
- January 9 - Amago Haruhisa , Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1514 )
- January 25 - Charles Wriothesley , officer of arms (born 1508 )
- May 14 - Lelio Sozzini , Italian Protestant theologian (born 1525 )
- October 9 - Gabriele Falloppio , Italian anatomist (born 1523 )
- October - George Gordon, 4th Earl Of Huntly (born 1514 )
- November 12 - Pietro Martire Vermigli , Italian theologian (born 1500 )
- November 17 - Antoine De Bourbon , father of Henry IV Of France (born 1518 )
- December 6 - Jan Van Scorel , Dutch painter (born 1495 )
- December 7 - Adrian Willaert , Flemish composer (born c 1490 )
- December 17 - Eleonora Di Toledo , Grand Duchess of Tuscany (born 1522 )
- ''date unknown''
- --- Matteo Bandello , Italian novelist (born 1480 )
- --- Nicholas Grimald , English poet and theologian (born 1519 )
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