ON THIS DAY
Born in 1580
54 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity
- John Smith
explorer, autobiographer
- Peter Claver
missionary
- Massasoit
traditional leader or chief
- Thomas Middleton
playwright, dramaturge
- Gabriel Bethlen
politician
- Willebrord Snellius
university teacher, astronomer
- William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
politician
- Ernst von Mansfeld
military personnel, soldier
- Matsudaira Tadayoshi
samurai
- Augusta of Denmark
aristocrat
- George Percy
writer, explorer
- Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
historian, council member
- Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger
lutenist, composer
- Osias Beert
painter
- Giovanni Paolo Maggini
musical instrument maker, violin maker
- Kho Orluk
sovereign
- Johann Faulhaber
astrologer, mathematician
- Louis Finson
designer, painter
- Daniel Heinsius
publisher, translator
- Francesco Mochi
medalist, sculptor
- Gaspar de Borja y Velasco
Catholic priest, diplomat
- Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania
aristocrat
- Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein
politician
- Nabeshima Katsushige
samurai
- Philipp Clüver
geographer, university teacher
- Caterina Assandra
composer, organist
- Charlotte des Essarts
lady-in-waiting
- Carlo Contarini
doge, politician
- Julius Schiller
celestial cartographer, jurist
- Jean Riolan the Younger
anatomist, physician
- Ivan Tomko Mrnavić
cleric, Catholic priest
- Hortensio Félix Paravicino
poet, Catholic theologian
- Ling Mengchu
playwright, writer
- Antônio Filipe Camarão
military personnel
- André du Ryer
translator, diplomat
- Floris van Schooten
painter
- Pierre Hérigone
mathematician, astronomer
- Matias de Albuquerque, conde de Alegrete
colonial administrator, military personnel
- Adriaen van Stalbemt
draftsperson, printmaker
- Marco Aurelio Severino
university teacher, anatomist
- Boetius à Bolswert
illustrator, printmaker
- Louis de Caullery
painter
- Pedro Orrente
painter
- Bellerofonte Castaldi
composer, lutenist
- Peter Crüger
university teacher, independent publisher
- Godfried Wendelen
canon, Catholic priest
- Pèire Godolin
poet, writer
- Orazio Giustiniani
Catholic priest, librarian
- Erasmus Quellinus the Elder
sculptor
- Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania
Lutheran pastor, ruler