Historical Figures Born in 1567

Jan 4 Franciscus Aguilon, Belgian Jesuit physicist, mathematician and architect (book on Optics "Opticorum Libri Sex), born in Brussels (d. 1617)
May 1 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1641)

Jul 3 French explorer (Lake Champlain) and founder of Quebec City, born in Hiers-Brouage or La Rochelle, France

Aug 21 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva, writer and saint, born in Sainte-Mondane, France (d. 1622)
Sep 5 Date Masamune, Renowned Samurai and Daimyo in Japan, born in Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan (d. 1636)
Oct 10 Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain [Catalina Micaela de Austria], Duchess consort of Savoy (1585-97), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1597)
Nov 1 Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish diplomat, born in Astorga, Spain (d. 1626)
Nov 14 Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
Nov 21 Anne de Xainctonge, French saint and founder of the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, born in Dijon, France (d. 1621)