Famous Birthdays
- Dec 22 Mary of Guise [Mary of Lorraine], pro-French Queen of Scots (1538-42) and Regent of Scotland (1554-60), born in Bar-le-Duc, France (d. 1560)
Famous Deaths
- Dec 2 Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies
Afonso de Albuquerque
Dec 15 Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral, Duke of Goa and Viceroy of Portuguese India, dies at sea in sight of Goa at around 62
Afonso de Albuquerque