1560 - 1569
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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
65 Francis Bacon
English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
*January 22nd, 1561, York House, Strand †April 9th, 1626, Highgate
72 Lope de Vega
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
58 James VI and I
King of Scotland (1566–1625), England and Ireland (1603–25)
*June 19th, 1566, Edinburgh †March 27th, 1625, Theobalds House
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
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, Beijing_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited.jpg "Urban VIII")
76 Urban VIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644
*April 5th, 1568, Florence †July 29th, 1644, RomeChristopher Marlowe
English dramatist, poet and translator (1564–1593)
*February 6th, 1564, Canterbury †May 30th, 1593, DeptfordTheodosius Fabricius
German theologian (1560-1597)
*August 11th, 1560, Nordhausen †August 7th, 1597, GöttingenMehmed III
13th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603
*May 26th, 1566, Manisa †December 22nd, 1603, ConstantinopleJahangir I
The fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627
*August 30th, 1569, Fatehpur Sikri †October 28th, 1627, Rajauri
67 Isabel Clara Eugenia of Spain
Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria (1566-1633)
*October 12th, 1566, Palace of Valsain †December 1st, 1633, Brussels metropolitan areaElizabeth 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
68 Date Masamune
Daimyo of the Sengoku period to early-Edo period; 1st lord of Sendai
*September 5th, 1567, Yonezawa Castle †June 27th, 1636, Edo
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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
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64 Johannes Buxtorf
German Calvinist theologian
*December 25th, 1564, Kamen †September 13th, 1629, Basel
41 Magdalena de Pazzi
Italian Carmelite mystic and saint (1566-1607)
*April 2nd, 1566, Florence †May 25th, 1607, Florence
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60 John Albert I of Solms-Braunfels
German Count, steward and secret council of Frederick V of the Palatinate (1563-1623)
*March 5th, 1563, Braunfels †May 14th, 1623, The Hague
43 Guru Arjan
The fifth Guru of Sikhism (1563-1606)
*April 15th, 1563, Goindwal Sahib †May 30th, 1606, Lahore
44 Eleanor de' Medici
Family member of the House of Medici (1567-1611)
*February 28th, 1567, Florence †September 9th, 1611, Cavriana
81 Mutio Vitelleschi
Superior General of the Society of Jesus
*December 2nd, 1563, Rome †February 9th, 1645, Rome
81 Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
Swedish astronomer and archbishop
*November 10th, 1565, Söderköping †November 29th, 1646, Uppsala
24 Anthony Babington
English nobleman convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England (1561-1586)
*October 24th, 1561, Dethick †September 20th, 1586, London
84 Philipp Christoph von Sötern
German archbishop (1567-1652)
*December 11th, 1567, Kastellaun †February 7th, 1652, Trier