ON THIS DAY
Born in 1566
40 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity
- James VI and I
poet, monarch
- Mehmed III
ruler, sultan
- Sigismund III Vasa
patron of the arts, monarch
- Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
politician
- Carlo Gesualdo
lutenist, composer
- William Brewster
preacher, publisher
- Giambattista Basile
children's writer, poet
- Magdalena de Pazzi
religious sister, mystic
- Edward Alleyn
theatre manager, stage actor
- Michał Sędziwój
chemist, physician
- Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
architect
- Joachim Wtewael
painter
- Jan Jesenius
surgeon, pedagogue
- John Heminges
stage actor
- Anna Juliana Gonzaga
aristocrat
- Filipe de Brito e Nicote
military personnel, explorer
- Charles, Count of Soissons
governor, aristocrat
- Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt
visual artist, decorative painter
- John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
aristocrat
- Katerina Vitale
pharmacist, chemist
- Princess Sigrid of Sweden
lady-in-waiting
- Akashi Takenori
samurai
- Marie of the Incarnation
religious leader, nun
- Georg Flegel
botanical illustrator, painter
- Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Catholic bishop, bishop
- Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux
lady-in-waiting, mistress
- Constantine I of Kakheti
royalty
- Manuel Cardoso
monk, organist
- Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg
aristocrat
- Francesco Erizzo
politician
- Francesco Contarini
diplomat, doge
- Jonas Poole
explorer
- Giuseppe Biancani
mathematician, university teacher
- Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza
missionary, poet
- Philip of Nassau
military personnel
- Abraham Scultetus
theologian
- Francesco Bracciolini
playwright, poet
- Pietro Cerone
musicologist, cantor
- Sante Peranda
painter
- Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop