Famous Deaths in 1598

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  • Jan 7 Feodor I/Theodorus I, Tsar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40
  • Jan 8 Johan Georg, Elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72
  • Jan 9 Jasper Heywood, English translator (b. 1553)
  • Jan 17 Fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557)
  • Feb 10 Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies
  • May 3 Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
  • Jun 28 Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and dealer in maps, books, and antiquities (Theatrum orbis terrarum), dies at 71
  • Aug 4 William Cecil, 1st baron Burghley, English statesman, dies at 77

Person of interestPhilip II

Sep 13 Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98), dies at 71

King of Spain Philip II
King of Spain
Philip II
  • Sep 15 Hidejoshi, [Hijoshi], Japanese general strategist/kampaku, dies
  • Sep 18 Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1536)
  • Sep 29 Floris I van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg, dies at about 61
  • Oct 11 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies
  • Dec 6 Elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78
  • Dec 15 Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58
  • Dec 16 Yi Sun-sin, Korean Naval Commander, shot at the naval Battle of Noryang at 53