ON THIS DAY
Born in 1561
37 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity
- Francis Bacon
historian, scientist
- Ii Naomasa
samurai, military personnel
- Mary Sidney
patron of the arts, translator
- Luis de Góngora
Catholic priest, poet
- Anthony Babington
politician
- Christopher Newport
sea captain, privateer
- Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
politician
- Jacopo Peri
opera singer, opera composer
- Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp
aristocrat
- Henry Briggs
university teacher, mathematician
- Santorio Santorio
physician, physiologist
- Mir Damad
theologian, philosopher
- Peter Philips
organist, composer
- Thomas Fincke
university teacher, mathematician
- Basilius Besler
chemist, pharmacist
- Hernando Arias de Saavedra
military personnel, explorer
- Fujiwara Seika
philosopher
- Bartholomaeus Pitiscus
theologian, parson
- Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
aristocrat
- Christoph Grienberger
university teacher, mathematician
- Toussaint Dubreuil
painter
- Adriaan van Roomen
university teacher, astronomer
- Erdmuthe of Brandenburg
aristocrat
- Baltasar de Zúñiga y Velasco
politician, diplomat
- Jacopo Corsi
composer, patron of the arts
- Anna Maria of Anhalt
feudatory
- Camillo Procaccini
draftsperson, graphic artist
- Juan Bautista Rico
Catholic priest
- Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia
organist, composer
- Charles de Lorraine de Vaudémont
Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon
- Philippe Rogier
chapelmaster, composer
- Philippe van Lansberge
astronomer
- Gaspar Aguilar
poet, playwright
- John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
military theorist