Deaths in History in 1616

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  • Jan 6 Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (bc. 1550)
  • Feb 12 Johannes van den Driesche, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65
  • Mar 6 Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)

Person of interestMiguel de Cervantes

Apr 22 Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, Spanish author (Don Quixote), dies of a cirrhosis at 68

Author Miguel de Cervantes
Author
Miguel de Cervantes

Person of interestWilliam Shakespeare

Apr 23 William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (b. 1564) (Julian calendar) dies aged 52

Playwright William Shakespeare
Playwright
William Shakespeare
  • Apr 23 El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539)

Person of interestTokugawa Ieyasu

Jun 1 Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese Shogun who founded the first Tokugawa Shogunate and united Japan, dies from natural causes

Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
Shogun
Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Jul 20 Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier
  • Jul 25 Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies
  • Aug 7 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies
  • Aug 8 Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68
  • Aug 26 Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66
  • Oct 10 Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60
  • Oct 17 John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer. (b. 1560)
  • Oct 23 Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)
  • Nov 23 Richard Hakluyt, English writer (b. 1552)
  • Dec 10 Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74
  • Dec 31 Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31