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Mega Celebrity Birth and Death Chronology 1550-1599
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King Charles IX Of France -- b.6/27/1550 d.5/30/1574 (23)
Pope Paul V -- b.9/17/1550 d.1/28/1621 (70)
King Charles IX Of Sweden -- b.10/4/1550 d.10/30/1611 Ju-1 (61)
King Henry III Of France -- b.9/19/1551 d.8/2/1589 (37)
Sir Walter Raleigh -- b.1/22/1552 J-LD d.10/29/1618 J-LD (66)
Saint Francis Xavier -- b.4/7/1506 d.12/3/1552 (46)
François Rabelais -- b.??/??/1494 or ??/??/1483 d.4/9/1553
King Edward VI Of England -- b.10/12/1537 J-LD d.7/6/1553 J-LD (15)
Lucas The Elder Cranach -- b.10/4/1472 J-LD d.10/16/1553 Ju-1 (81)
Michael Servetus -- b.9/29/1509 or 9/29/1511 d.10/27/1553
King Henry IV Of France -- b.12/13/1553 d.5/14/1610 (56)
Pope Gregory XV -- b.1/9/1554 d.7/8/1623 (69)
Lady Jane Grey -- b.??/??/1536 or ??/??/1537 d.2/12/1554
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado -- b.2/25/1510 J+CD d.9/22/1554 J+CD (44)
Sir Philip Sidney -- b.11/30/1554 J-LD d.10/17/1586 J-LD (31)
Pope Julius III -- b.9/10/1487 O.S. d.3/23/1555 O.S. (67)
Lodovico Carracci -- b.4/21/1555 d.11/13/1619 (64)
Georgius Agricola -- b.3/24/1494 d.11/21/1555 (61)
Thomas Cranmer -- b.7/2/1489 J-LD d.3/21/1556 J-LD (66)
Saint Ignatius Of Loyola -- b.10/23/1491 J+CD d.7/31/1556 Ju-1 (64)
Pietro Aretino -- b.4/20/1492 d.10/21/1556 (64)
Johannes Sleidanus -- b.??/??/1506 O.S. d.10/31/1556 O.S.
Queen Anne Of Cleves -- b.9/22/1515 d.7/16/1557 (41)
Agostino Carracci -- b.8/16/1557 d.3/22/1602 (44)
Jacques Cartier -- b.12/31/1491 d.9/1/1557 (65)
Robert Greene -- b.7/11/1558 J-LD d.9/3/1592 J-LD (34)
Emperor Charles V Of Holy Roman Empire -- b.2/24/1500 d.9/21/1558 (58)
Thomas Kyd -- b.11/6/1558 J-LD d.8/15/1594 J-LD (35)
Queen Mary I Of England -- b.2/18/1516 O.S. or 2/28/1516 N.S. d.11/17/1558 (42)
King Henry II Of France -- b.3/31/1519 d.7/10/1559 (40)
Pope Paul IV -- b.6/28/1476 O.S. d.8/18/1559 O.S. (83)
Kano Motonobu -- b.8/28/1476 d.11/5/1559 (83)
Bartolommeo Bandinelli -- b.10/17/1493 J-LD d.2/7/1560 J-LD (66)
Philipp Melanchthon -- b.2/15/1497 J-LD d.4/19/1560 J-LD (63)
Elizabeth Báthory -- b.8/7/1560 O.S. d.8/21/1614 N.S. (54)
Annibale Carracci -- b.11/3/1560 d.7/15/1609 (48)
Andrea Doria -- b.11/30/1466 d.11/25/1560 (93)
Ridolfo Ghirlandaio -- b.2/4/1483 d.1/6/1561 (77)
Sir Francis Bacon -- b.1/22/1561 J-LD d.4/9/1626 J-LD (65)
Don Luis de Góngora y Argote -- b.7/11/1561 d.5/24/1627 (65)
Jacopo Peri -- b.8/20/1561 d.8/12/1633 (71)
Sir Edwin Sandys -- b.12/9/1561 d.10/??/1629 (67)
Lope de Vega -- b.11/25/1562 d.8/27/1635 (72)
Galileo Galilei -- b.2/15/1564 J-LD or 2/15/1565 Ju-1 or 2/25/1565 N.S. d.12/29/1641 J-LD (76) or 1/8/1642 N.S. (76)
Christopher Marlowe -- b.2/16/1564 J-LD or 2/26/1564 J-LD d.5/30/1593 J-LD (29)
Michelangelo -- b.3/6/1475 d.2/18/1564 (88)
Christopher Marlowe -- b.2/16/1564 J-LD or 2/26/1564 J-LD d.5/30/1593 J-LD (29)
William Shakespeare -- b.4/23/1564 J-LD or 5/3/1564 N.S. d.4/23/1616 J-LD (52) or 5/3/1616 N.S. (52)
William Shakespeare -- b.4/23/1564 J-LD or 5/3/1564 N.S. d.4/23/1616 J-LD (52) or 5/3/1616 N.S. (52)
John Calvin -- b.7/10/1509 O.S. d.5/27/1564 O.S. (54)
Andreas Vesalius -- b.12/31/1514 d.10/15/1564 (49)
Galileo Galilei -- b.2/15/1564 J-LD or 2/15/1565 Ju-1 or 2/25/1565 N.S. d.12/29/1641 J-LD (76) or 1/8/1642 N.S. (76)
Galileo Galilei -- b.2/15/1564 J-LD or 2/15/1565 Ju-1 or 2/25/1565 N.S. d.12/29/1641 J-LD (76) or 1/8/1642 N.S. (76)
Jean Grolier -- b.??/??/1479 or ??/??/1489 or ??/??/1490 d.10/22/1565
Pope Pius IV -- b.3/31/1499 O.S. d.12/9/1565 O.S. (66)
King James I Of Great Britain -- b.6/19/1566 J-LD d.3/27/1625 J-LD (58)
Nostradamas -- b.12/14/1503 d.7/2/1566 (62)
Suleiman I The Magnificent -- b.??/??/???? d.9/6/1566
Richard Burbage -- b.1/6/1567 J-LD d.3/12/1619 J-LD (52)
William Brewster -- b.1/24/1567 J-LD d.4/10/1644 J-LD (77)
Claudio Monteverdi -- b.5/15/1567 d.11/29/1643 (76)
Samuel de Champlain -- b.7/3/1567 d.12/25/1635 (68)
Tommaso Campanella -- b.9/5/1568 N.S. d.5/21/1639 N.S. (70)
Pieter The Elder Bruegel -- b.??/??/1525 d.9/9/1569
Guy Fawkes -- b.4/13/1570 J-LD d.1/31/1606 J-LD (35)
Thomas Middleton -- b.4/18/1570 J-LD d.7/4/1627 J-LD (57)
Jacopo Sansovino -- b.7/2/1486 d.11/27/1570 (84)
Abbas I Shah Of Persia -- b.1/27/1571 d.1/19/1629 (57)
Benvenuto Cellini -- b.11/3/1500 O.S. d.2/13/1571 O.S. (70)
Michelangelo da Caravaggio -- b.9/28/1571 d.7/18/1610 (38)
Johannes Kepler -- b.12/27/1571 d.11/15/1630 (58)
John Donne -- b.1/22/1572 J-LD d.3/31/1631 J-LD (59)
Pope Pius V -- b.1/17/1504 O.S. d.5/1/1572 O.S. (68)
Ben Johnson -- b.6/11/1572 J-LD d.8/6/1637 J-LD (65)
Agnolo Bronzino -- b.11/17/1503 d.11/23/1572 (69)
John Knox -- b.??/??/1505 or ??/??/1514 d.11/24/1572
Inigo Jones -- b.7/15/1573 J-LD d.6/21/1652 J-LD (78)
William Oughtred -- b.3/5/1575 Ju-1 or 3/5/1574 J-LD d.6/30/1660 J-LD (85)
Cosimo I de' Medici -- b.6/12/1519 d.4/21/1574 (54)
Pope Innocent X -- b.5/6/1574 d.1/7/1655 (80)
King Charles IX Of France -- b.6/27/1550 d.5/30/1574 (23)
Giorgio Vasari -- b.7/30/1511 d.6/27/1574 (62)
Pedro Menédez de Avilés -- b.2/15/1519 J+CD d.9/17/1574 Ju-1 (55)
William Oughtred -- b.3/5/1575 Ju-1 or 3/5/1574 J-LD d.6/30/1660 J-LD (85)
Jakob Böhme -- b.4/24/1575 d.11/17/1624 (49)
Henry Hudson -- b.9/12/1575 J-LD d.6/22/1611 J-LD (35)
Hans Sachs -- b.11/5/1494 d.1/19/1576 (81)
Titian -- b.??/??/1477 or ??/??/1485 or ??/??/1488 or ??/??/1490 d.8/27/1576
John Marston -- b.10/7/1576 J-LD d.6/25/1634 J-LD (57)
Emperor Maximilian II -- b.7/31/1527 d.10/12/1576 (49)
Robert Burton -- b.2/8/1577 J-LD d.1/25/1640 J-LD
King Christian IV Of Denmark & Norway -- b.4/12/1577 d.2/28/1648 (70)
Sir Peter Paul Rubens -- b.6/28/1577 d.5/30/1640 (62)
George Sandys -- b.3/2/1578 d.3/??/1664 (85)
Francesco Albani -- b.3/17/1578 O.S. or 8/17/1578 O.S. d.10/4/1660 (82)
Adam Elsheimer -- b.3/18/1578 d.12/11/1610 (32)
William Harvey -- b.4/1/1578 J-LD d.6/3/1657 J-LD (79)
Francesco Albani -- b.3/17/1578 O.S. or 8/17/1578 O.S. d.10/4/1660 (82)
John Fletcher -- b.12/20/1579 J-LD d.8/28/1625 J-LD (45)
John Smith -- b.1/6/1580 J-LD d.6/21/1631 J-LD (51)
Jan van Helmont -- b.1/12/1580 d.12/30/1644 (64)
Andrea Palladio -- b.11/30/1508 d.8/19/1580 (71)
John Taylor -- b.8/24/1580 d.12/??/1653 (73)
Saint Vincent de Paul -- b.4/24/1581 d.9/27/1660 (79)
Domenichino II -- b.10/21/1581 d.4/6/1641 (59)
Saint Teresa Of Ávila -- b.3/28/1515 J+CD d.10/4/1582 Ju-1 (67)
Hugo Grotius -- b.4/10/1583 d.8/28/1645 (62)
Orlando Gibbons -- b.12/25/1583 J-LD d.6/5/1625 J-LD (41)
Thomas Erastus -- b.9/7/1524 d.12/31/1583 (59)
Ivan The Terrible -- b.8/25/1530 O.S. or 9/4/1530 N.S. d.3/18/1584 O.S. (53) or 3/28/1584 N.S. (53)
Ivan The Terrible -- b.8/25/1530 O.S. or 9/4/1530 N.S. d.3/18/1584 O.S. (53) or 3/28/1584 N.S. (53)
Pope Gregory XIII -- b.1/7/1502 O.S. d.4/10/1585 N.S. (83)
Andrea Gabrielli -- b.??/??/1510 or ??/??/1520 or ??/??/1530 or ??/??/1532 d.8/30/1585
Luca Cambiaso -- b.11/18/1527 d.9/6/1585 (57)
Cardinal Richelieu -- b.9/9/1585 d.12/4/1642 (57)
Heinrich Schütz -- b.10/8/1585 d.11/6/1672 (87)
Thomas Tallis -- b.11/23/1510 J-LD d.11/23/1585 J-LD (75)
John Cotton -- b.12/4/1585 J-LD d.12/23/1652 J-LD (67)
Pierre de Ronsard -- b.9/11/1524 d.12/27/1585 (61)
John Ford -- b.4/17/1586 d.??/??/1639 or ??/??/1640
Saint Rose Of Lima -- b.4/20/1586 d.8/24/1617 (31)
Sir Philip Sidney -- b.11/30/1554 J-LD d.10/17/1586 J-LD (31)
Luke Fox -- b.10/20/1586 J-LD d.7/15/1635 J-LD (48)
Niccolò Zucchi -- b.12/6/1586 N.S. d.5/21/1670 N.S. (83)
John Mason -- b.12/11/1586 d.??/??/1635
John Winthrop -- b.1/12/1588 Ju-1 or 1/12/1587 J-LD or 1/22/1588 N.S. d.3/26/1649 J-LD (61)
Queen Mary Of Scots -- b.12/8/1542 J-LD d.2/8/1587 J-LD (44)
Virginia Dare -- b.8/18/1587 d.??/??/????
John Winthrop -- b.1/12/1588 Ju-1 or 1/12/1587 J-LD or 1/22/1588 N.S. d.3/26/1649 J-LD (61)
John Winthrop -- b.1/12/1588 Ju-1 or 1/12/1587 J-LD or 1/22/1588 N.S. d.3/26/1649 J-LD (61)
Thomas Hobbes -- b.4/5/1588 J-LD d.12/4/1679 J-LD (91)
Paolo Veronese -- b.??/??/1528 d.4/19/1588
Catherine de Medici -- b.4/13/1519 d.1/5/1589 (69)
William I Bradford -- b.3/19/1590 Ju-1 or 3/19/1589 J-LD d.5/9/1657 J-LD (67)
King Henry III Of France -- b.9/19/1551 d.8/2/1589 (37)
Simon Vouet -- b.1/9/1590 N.S. d.6/30/1649 N.S. (59)
François Hotman -- b.8/23/1524 d.2/12/1590 (65)
William I Bradford -- b.3/19/1590 Ju-1 or 3/19/1589 J-LD d.5/9/1657 J-LD (67)
Pope Clement X -- b.7/12/1590 N.S. d.7/22/1676 N.S. (86)
Pope Sixtus V -- b.12/13/1520 d.8/27/1590 (69)
Pope Urban VII -- b.8/4/1521 d.9/27/1590 (69)
José Ribera -- b.2/17/1591 N.S. d.9/2/1652 N.S. (61)
Robert Herrick -- b.8/24/1591 J-LD d.10/15/1674 J-LD (83)
Pope Gregory XIV -- b.2/11/1535 N.S. d.10/16/1591 N.S. (56)
Sir Christopher Hutton -- b.11/20/1540 d.11/20/1591 (51)
Pope Innocent IX -- b.7/20/1519 d.12/30/1591 (72)
Shah Jahan -- b.1/5/1592 d.1/22/1666 (74)
Johann Amos Comenius -- b.3/28/1592 d.11/15/1670 (78)
Duke George Villiers Buckingham -- b.8/28/1592 Ju-1 d.8/23/1628 Ju-1 (35)
Robert Greene -- b.7/11/1558 J-LD d.9/3/1592 J-LD (34)
Michel de Montaigne -- b.2/28/1533 d.9/13/1592 (59)
George Herbert -- b.4/3/1593 J-LD d.3/1/1633 J-LD (39)
Jacob Jordaens -- b.5/19/1593 N.S. d.10/18/1678 N.S. (85)
Christopher Marlowe -- b.2/16/1564 J-LD or 2/26/1564 J-LD d.5/30/1593 J-LD (29)
Artemisia Gentileschi -- b.7/8/1593 N.S. d.??/??/1653 N.S.
Izaak Walton -- b.8/9/1593 J-LD d.12/15/1683 J-LD (90)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina -- b.12/27/1525 d.2/2/1594 (68)
Il Tintoretto -- b.9/29/1518 d.5/31/1594 (75)
Nicolas Poussin -- b.6/15/1594 N.S. d.11/19/1665 N.S. (71)
Thomas Kyd -- b.11/6/1558 J-LD d.8/15/1594 J-LD (35)
Gerhardus Mercator -- b.3/5/1512 N.S. d.12/2/1594 N.S. (82)
Reverend William Blackstone -- b.3/5/1595 d.5/26/1675 (80)
John Wilson -- b.4/5/1595 J-LD d.2/22/1674 J-LD (78)
Torquato Tasso -- b.3/11/1544 d.4/25/1595 (51)
Edward Winslow -- b.10/18/1595 J-LD d.5/8/1655 J-LD (59)
Jan Van Goyen -- b.1/13/1596 d.4/27/1656 (60)
Sir Francis Drake -- b.10/22/1540 J-LD d.1/28/1596 J-LD (55)
René Descartes -- b.3/31/1596 N.S. d.2/11/1650 N.S. (53)
Nicolo Amati -- b.12/3/1596 N.S. d.8/12/1684 N.S. (87)
James Burbage -- b.??/??/1530 or ??/??/1535 N.S. d.2/2/1597
François Mansart -- b.1/23/1598 N.S. d.9/23/1666 N.S. (68)
King Philip II Of Spain -- b.5/21/1527 d.9/13/1598 (71)
Giovanni "Gian" Lorenzo Bernini -- b.12/7/1598 N.S. d.11/28/1680 N.S. (81)
Edmund Spenser -- b.??/??/1552 d.1/13/1599
Pope Alexander VII -- b.2/13/1599 N.S. d.5/22/1667 N.S. (68)
Sir Anthony Van Dyck -- b.3/22/1599 N.S. d.12/9/1641 N.S. (42)
Lord Oliver Cromwell -- b.4/25/1599 J-LD or 5/5/1599 N.S. d.9/3/1658 J-LD (59) or 9/13/1658 N.S. (59)
Lord Oliver Cromwell -- b.4/25/1599 J-LD or 5/5/1599 N.S. d.9/3/1658 J-LD (59) or 9/13/1658 N.S. (59)
Diego Velázquez -- b.6/6/1599 N.S. d.8/6/1660 N.S. (61)
Francesco Borromini -- b.9/25/1599 N.S. d.8/2/1667 N.S. (67)
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