Nekrolog 1543
This is a list of famous people who died in 1543 . 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 2nd | Bonifacio Ferrero | Italian bishop and cardinal of the Roman Church | ||
| January 3rd | Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo | Portuguese explorer in Spanish service | ||
| 13th January | Konrad Treger | Augustinian hermit and controversial Catholic theologian |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 10th | Johannes Eck | Catholic theologian | 56 | |
| 21st of February | Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi | Somali or Muslim-Ethiopian ruler of the pre-colonial period | ||
| 21st of February | Apollonia von Waldenfels | German abbess | ||
| February 23 | Joseph Feyerabend | Lawyer and reformer |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March, 20th | Johann Feige | Hessian Chancellor | ||
| March 30 | Cesare Cesariano | Italian painter and architect |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. April | Walther von Cronberg | Grand Master of the Teutonic Order | ||
| April 15th | Francesco Canova da Milano | Italian Renaissance composer | 45 | |
| April 15th | Christoph von Stadion | Bishop of Augsburg | 65 | |
| April 23 | Susanna of Bavaria | Margravine of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Electress of the Palatinate | 41 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Veit von Thümen | Lord Master of the Order of St. John | ||
| May 3rd | Altobello melon | Italian painter | ||
| May 16 | Mathias Auctus | City doctor in Wroclaw | ||
| May 21 | Georg Elner | German logician and theologian | ||
| May 24th | Nicolaus Copernicus | astronomer | 70 | |
| 30th May | Gisbert Longolius | Lower Rhine humanist | ||
| May | Bonifacius Wolfhart | German reformer |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 27th | Agnolo Firenzuola | Italian poet | 49 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 19 | Berthold Pürstinger | Bishop of Chiemsee | ||
| 30th July | Mary Boleyn | Mistress of Henry VIII of England; Sister of Anne Boleyn |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1st | Magnus I. | Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg (1507–1543) | 73 | |
| August 1st | Paul Phrygio | Reformed theologian and reformer | ||
| 8th August | Herman Rover | German lawyer and council secretary in the Hanseatic cities of Lübeck and Hamburg, most recently also councilor in Hamburg | ||
| August 17th / 18th | Antonio Sanseverino | Italian clergyman, archbishop of Taranto and cardinal |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 20th | Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland | English nobleman and politician | ||
| September 23rd | Johanna | Countess of Neuchâtel | ||
| September 26th | Francesco Cornaro | Cardinal of the Catholic Church | ||
| September 28th | Georg von Kunheim the Elder | Administrative officer and close political confidante of the Prussian Duke Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6th | Werner Steiner the Younger | Swiss reformer | 51 | |
| October 7th | Gertrud von Büchel | German abbess, calligrapher and book illustrator |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Nikolaus Brömse | Mayor of Lübeck and enemy Jürgen Wullenwevers | ||
| November 10th | Matthew Aurogallus | Historian, linguist and Hebraist | ||
| November 29th | Hans Holbein the Younger | German painter | ||
| 30th of November | Francesco Granacci | Italian painter |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th of December | Maria Salviati | Mother of Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany | 44 | |
| December 27th | George | Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach | 59 | |
| December | Francis II of Taxis | Postmaster |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afonso I. | Congolese King of the African Empire Congo | |||
| Friedrich von Ahlefeldt | Nobleman from Haseldorf, Haselau, Gut Seestermühe and Gut Seegaard near Kliplev and royal council | |||
| Al-Mutawakkil III. | Egyptian caliph | |||
| Heinrich Banzkow | Cathedral scholastics in Hamburg and provost at Schwerin Cathedral | |||
| Polidoro da Caravaggio | Italian painter | |||
| Philippe Chabot | French admiral | |||
| Michele Coltellini | Italian Renaissance painter | |||
| Nils Dacke | Swedish peasant and resistance leader | |||
| Heinrich Douvermann | German wood carver | |||
| Antonio Giuffrè | Renaissance painter | |||
| Matthias Gretz | German Catholic theologian, philosopher and poet | |||
| Augustin Gschmus | Protestant theologian and reformer | |||
| Stephan von Haschenperg | German builder and military engineer | |||
| Melchior Hofmann | Personality of the Anabaptist movement, Chiliast, involuntary pioneer of the Anabaptist Empire in Münster | |||
| Klemens Janicki | Latin poet | |||
| Janet Kennedy | Mistress of King James IV of Scotland | |||
| Juan Manuel de Villena de la Vega | Spanish nobleman and politician | |||
| John Nevill, 3rd Baron Latymer | English nobleman and politician | |||
| Johann Schönsperger the Younger | Bookkeeper, printer and publisher | |||
| Magnus Sommar | Swedish theologian and bishop | |||
| Thao Chai | King of the Laotian Kingdom of Lan Na in what is now northern Thailand (1538–1543) | |||
| Gerhard Ungefug | Protestant theologian and pastor | |||
| Willem Vorsterman | Flemish printer | |||
| Johann Walhoff | German reformer |