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Historical Figures Who Died in 1576

  • Feb 10 Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)
  • Mar 5 Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70
  • May 27 Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44
  • May 30 Harada Naomasa, Japanese retainer and samurai
  • Aug 27 Titian [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague

Girolamo Cardano

Sep 21 Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, dies at 74

Girolamo Cardano
Mathematician Girolamo Cardano

Maximilian II

Oct 12 Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1564-76), dies at 49

Maximilian II
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II
  • Oct 26 Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies
  • Dec 4 Rheticus, mathematician, dies
  • Dec 15 Joachim Hopperus, Frisian lawyer and politician, dies at 53

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