Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 4 |
Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44 |
Jan 30 |
Jonker Wigbold van Ewsum, mister of Nienoord, dies in battle |
Jan 30 |
Pieter Jansz Pourbus, Flemish painter, dies |
Feb 18 |
Anton Francesco Grazzini, Neskolko lyubovnykh istoriy |
Mar 10 |
Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532) |
Mar 18 |
Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible], Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 |
May 18 |
Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) |
Jun 10 |
Francois-Hercule de Valois, French crown prince, dies at 28 |
Jun 19 |
François, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555) |
Jul 10 |
William I "the Silent" [William of Orange], Earl of Nassau, is assassinated at 51in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard. |
Jul 12 |
Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525) |
Jul 23 |
John Day, English printer (b. 1522) |
Aug 4 |
John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 |
Aug 22 |
Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530) |
Nov 3 |
Charles Borromeo, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1538) |
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