Jul 7 Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, dies at 65 Jul 10 Willem van Bronckhorst-Batenburg, Dutch nobleman and army leader, dies fighting for William of Orange at about 44 Jul 20 Lancelot of Brederode, water beggar, beheaded Jul 29 John Caius, English physician, dies at 62 Jul 29 Ruy Gómez de Silva, Spanish prince of Eboli (advisor to Spanish King Philip II), dies at 56 1572 Famous Deaths by Year 1574