Nov 8 Peter Opmeer, Dutch church historian and humanist (Historia Martyrum), dies at 69 Nov 12 John Hawkins, English naval commander, Treasurer of the Navy, and early English slave trader, dies at sea at 63 Nov 29 Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet, dies at 61 1594 Famous Deaths by Year 1596