Jan 29 Louise de Lorraine, Queen consort of France (1575-89), dies at 47 Feb 25 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth I Apr 10 Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (Sonnet of Venus and Cupid), dies at 39 May 19 Costanzo Porta, Italian composer Aug 9 Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1558) Aug 19 Michael the Brave, ruler of Turkey, dies Tycho Brahe Oct 24 Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, dies in Prague at 54 AstronomerTycho Brahe 1600 Famous Deaths by Year 1602