Events in History
- Jan 26 Job is elected as Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
- Apr 10 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
- Aug 1 Assassination of French King Henry III by friar Jacques Clément
Birthdays in History
- Jan 8 Ivan Gundulić, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka), born in Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa (d. 1638)
- Feb 5 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet
- Feb 5 Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)
- Feb 7 Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician
- Mar 3 Gisbertus Voetius [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist
William Bradford
Mar 19 William Bradford, English separatist, Governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized), born in Austerfield, England (d. 1657)
William Bradford
Deaths in History
- Jan 5 Catherine de' Medici, Italian born Queen consort to Henry II of France and later regent to her sons, dies at 69
- Feb 19 Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522)
- Mar 2 Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
- Mar 22 Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti), dies at 67
- Jul 1 Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies
- Aug 1 Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)
- Aug 2 Henry III, King of Poland and France (1573-89), assassinated at 37
- Aug 10 Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
- Aug 11 Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, lt col (80 year war), dies at about 49
- Sep 16 Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
- Oct 18 Adolf van Nieuwenaar & Meurs, viceroy of Utrecht, dies in battle
- Nov 14 Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German mathematician and geographer, dies at 58