Nekrolog 1539
This is a list of famous people who died in 1539 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 14th | Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone | Italian painter | ||
| January 18th | Georg Vogtherr | Canon and canon preacher in Feuchtwangen | 51 | |
| January 24th | Anna Jansz | radical Baptist | ||
| January 27th | Johann Lachmann | Lutheran theologian and reformer from Heilbronn |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 6th | Johann | Regent of the United Duchies of Jülich-Kleve-Berg | 48 | |
| February 7th | Anna of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach | Princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach, by marriage Duchess and regent of Teschen | 51 | |
| February 8 | Conrad Erer | German Mayor of the imperial city of Heilbronn | ||
| February 9 | Iver Munk | Bishop of Ribe | ||
| February 12th | Christoph von Nellenburg-Tengen | Baron and Count | ||
| 13th February | Isabella d'Este | Margravine of Mantua, art collector of the Italian Renaissance | 64 | |
| February 18 | Andreas Knöpken | German clergyman and reformer | ||
| 21st of February | Bernhardus Sasse | Auxiliary bishop in Münster, Cistercian monk | ||
| February 26th | Friedrich of Saxony | Hereditary Prince of Saxony | 34 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. March | Nuno da Cunha | Portuguese navigator | ||
| 5. March | Caspar Ursinus Velius | Humanist, poet, historiographer | ||
| 8th of March | Nicholas Carew | English diplomat and captain Henry VIII. | ||
| March 11 | John Baptist Righi | Italian hermit | ||
| March 13th | Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire | English diplomat and father of Anne Boleyn | ||
| 19th March | Edmund Howard | English nobleman | ||
| March, 20th | David Göler from Ravensburg | Canon in Speyer, provost, archdeacon |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th April | George the Bearded | Duke of Saxony | 67 | |
| April | Michael Vehe | German monk, doctor of the church, auxiliary bishop and editor of the first Catholic hymn book with sheet music |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Isabella of Portugal | Wife of Charles V. | 35 | |
| May 7th | Ottaviano dei Petrucci | Italian printer and music publisher | 72 | |
| May 20th | Maria de Salinas | Spanish nobles in England |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th | Maria of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | Abbess of Gandersheim | ||
| June 12 | Ludeke Lueneburg | Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | ||
| June 19th | Christoph von Pappenheim | Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt | ||
| 20th June | Philip III | Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg | 52 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th July | Antonio Maria Zaccaria | Founder of the Barnabite Order and Catholic saint | ||
| July 9 | Adrian Fortescue | English knight | ||
| July 12 | Fernando Columbus | Spanish navigator, cosmographer, humanist and librarian | 50 | |
| July 25th | Lorenzo Campeggi | Italian Roman Catholic clergyman; cardinal | ||
| 30th July | Bernhard of Cles | Cardinal of the Catholic Church | 54 | |
| July | Nikolaus Smiterlow | Mayor of Stralsund |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 | Johannes Justus von Landsberg | Monk, Carthusian | ||
| August 11th | Thomas Schöning | Archbishop of Riga | ||
| August 14th | Piers Edgcumbe | English nobleman, military man and politician | ||
| August 25 | Jakob von Salza | Bishop of Wroclaw |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 22 | Nanak Dev | Indian saint and founder of Sikhism | 70 | |
| September 27th | Alonso Manso | Spanish bishop in Puerto Rico |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 14th | Floris van Egmond | Dutch statesman and military | ||
| 15th October | Jost III. from Rosenberg | bohemian nobleman | 51 | |
| October 18 | Edmund Braye, 1st Baron Braye | English nobleman and politician | ||
| October 26th | Sebaldus Munsterer | German legal scholar | ||
| October 27 | Hans Katzianer | Slovenian nobleman and general of the Habsburgs |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Giacomo Simonetta | Italian cardinal | ||
| November 26th | Nicolaus Maurus | German Lutheran theologian |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th of December | Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg | Treasurer General and Court Chancellor in Austria, Count von Ortenburg (in Carinthia) | ||
| 15th December | Tundama | Kazike and ruler of the area around Duitama | ||
| 20th of December | Johannes Lupi | Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance | ||
| December 28th | Agnes Dürer | Wife of Albrecht Dürer |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreas Althamer | German theologian and reformer | |||
| Symphorien Champier | French doctor, historian, translator and editor | |||
| Philipp Drachstedt | German mining and smelting entrepreneur, Council of the Counts of Mansfeld | |||
| Johann von Erlach | Schultheiss of Bern | |||
| Estevanico | Slave, researcher | |||
| Francesco del Giocondo | Florentine silk merchant and politician | |||
| Pierre Gringore | French writer, dramaturge and actor | |||
| September 23 or November 3 | Jodokus Hess | German Carthusian prior and writer | ||
| Vincentius Opsopoeus | Bavarian author | |||
| Marco Palmezzano | Italian painter and architect | |||
| Melchior Rantzau | Holstein knight and politician in the service of two Schleswig-Holstein dukes and Danish kings | |||
| Ubaidullah | Governor of Bukhara, Uzbekistan | |||
| Francesco Vettori | Florentine statesman | |||
| Ambrose von Viermund | Mr. von Neersen, diplomat from the Electorate of Cologne | |||
| Anarg to Wildenfels | Electoral Saxon councilor, reformer and evangelical hymn poet | |||
| Robert Wingfield | English diplomat |