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Decade 1560 - 1569
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52 William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
*March 31st, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon †April 23rd, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon
77 Galileo Galilei
Italian polymath (1564–1642)
*February 15th, 1564, Pisa †January 8th, 1642, Arcetri
65 Francis Bacon
English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
*January 22nd, 1561, York House, Strand †April 9th, 1626, Highgate
72 Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio
Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)
*November 25th, 1562, Madrid †August 27th, 1635, MadridAdam Theodor Siber
German linguist (1563-1616)
*February 6th, 1563, Grimma †January 5th, 1616, Lutherstadt Wittenberg_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited.jpg "Urban VIII")
76 Urban VIII
235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644
*April 5th, 1568, Florence †July 29th, 1644, Rome
29 Christopher Marlowe
English dramatist, poet and translator (1564–1593)
*February 6th, 1564, Canterbury †May 30th, 1593, Deptford
58 James VI and I
King of Scotland (1566–1625), England and Ireland (1603–25)
*June 19th, 1566, Edinburgh †March 27th, 1625, Theobalds HouseSamuel de Champlain
16/17th-century French explorer of North America
*August 13th, 1567, Hiers-Brouage †December 25th, 1635, Quebec City
76 Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest (1567–1643)
*May 15th, 1567, Cremona †November 29th, 1643, Venice
65 Luis de Góngora
Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561-1627)
*July 11th, 1561, Córdoba †May 23rd, 1627, CórdobaWilliam Adams
English navigator who travelled to Japan
*September 24th, 1564, Gillingham †May 16th, 1620, Hirado Island
70 Tommaso Campanella
Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568-1639)
*September 4th, 1568, Stilo †May 21st, 1639, Paris
56 Wanli Emperor
Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1563-1620)
*September 4th, 1563, Beijing †August 18th, 1620, BeijingTheodosius Fabricius
German theologian (1560-1597)
*August 11th, 1560, Nordhausen †August 7th, 1597, GöttingenJahangir I
Mughal emperor from 1605 to 1627
*August 31st, 1569, Fatehpur Sikri †November 7th, 1627, RajauriMehmed III
13th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603
*May 26th, 1566, Manisa †December 22nd, 1603, ConstantinopleElizabeth Báthory
Hungarian countess
*August 7th, 1560, Nyírbátor †August 21st, 1614, Čachtice CastleSigismund III Vasa
King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599
*June 20th, 1566, Gripsholm Castle †April 30th, 1632, Warsaw
71 Xu Guangqi
Late-Ming-dynasty Chinese politician, Scholar, Lay Catholic leader and Servant of God (*1562 – †1633)
*May 4th, 1562, Shanghai †November 8th, 1633, Shuntian Fu
67 Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria (1566-1633)
*October 12th, 1566, Segovia †December 1st, 1633, Brussels metropolitan area
57 Honoré d'Urfé
French writer (1568-1625)
*February 11th, 1568, Marseille †June 1st, 1625, Villefranche-sur-Mer
70 Paul Tarnow
German theologian (1562-1633)
*June 28th, 1562, Grevesmühlen †April 6th, 1633, Rostock
68 Date Masamune
Daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; 1st lord of Sendai
*September 5th, 1567, Yonezawa Castle †June 27th, 1636, EdoCarlo Gesualdo
Italian prince, composer and murderer (1566–1613)
*March 8th, 1566, Venosa †September 8th, 1613, Gesualdo
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26 Sophie of Württemberg
German princess, duchess of Saxe-Weimar (1563-1590)
*November 20th, 1563, Stuttgart †July 21st, 1590, Vacha
79 Francesco Erizzo
Doge of Venice (1566-1646)
*February 18th, 1566, Venice †January 3rd, 1646, Venice.jpg "Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury")
48 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
English Earl (1563-1612)
*June 1st, 1563, Westminster †May 24th, 1612, Marlborough
35 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
English nobleman (1565–1601)
*November 10th, 1565, Bromyard †February 25th, 1601, Tower of London
62 Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester
English noble and diplomat (1563-1626)
*November 19th, 1563, Kent †July 13th, 1626, Kent
44 Francis Caracciolo
Italian Catholic priest
*October 13th, 1563, Villa Santa Maria †June 4th, 1608, Agnone
40 Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
German noble
*April 25th, 1562, Weimar †July 7th, 1602, Weimar
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62 Pierre Coton
French Jesuit priest (1564-1626)
*January 1st, 1564, Néronde †March 19th, 1626, Paris.jpg "Conrad Vorstius")
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71 Henry Wotton
English writer, poet, politician and ambassador (1568-1639)
*March 30th, 1568, Boughton Place †December 1st, 1639, Eton College
30 Christian I, Elector of Saxony
German noble
*October 29th, 1560, Dresden †September 25th, 1591, Dresden