Jan 19 Francis II, King of France (1559-60) and husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, born in Château de Fontainebleau, France (d. 1560) Mar 11 Torquato Tasso, Italian Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia), born in Sorrento, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1595) May 24 William Gilbert, English physician and physicist (research into magnetism), born in Colchester, England (d. 1603) Dec 23 Anna, Duchess of Saxony, 2nd wife of prince William of Orange (1561-71 (divorced and imprisoned for adultery), born in Dresden (d. 1577) 1543 Birthdays in History by Year 1545