Nekrolog 1558
This is a list of famous people who died in 1558 . 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd of January | Christoph von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | Archbishop of Bremen, Bishop of Verden | ||
| January 28th | Jacob Micyllus | Humanist and educator | 54 | |
| January | Anne Brandon, Baroness Gray of Powys | English nobles |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 10th | Johann Weinlob | Chancellor of Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg | ||
| February 18 | Eleanor of Castile | Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Spain, Queen of Portugal and Queen of France | 59 | |
| 27th of February | Johannes Fabri | Dominican | ||
| 27th of February | Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | Margravine of Baden |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. March | Thomas von Imbroich | German leader of the Rhineland Mennonites | ||
| 8th of March | Pietro Bertano | Italian clergyman, cardinal of the Catholic Church | 56 | |
| 9th March | Basil's ax | German medic | ||
| March 16 | Janus Cornarius | German doctor | ||
| March 23 | Hans von Rüte | Swiss playwright | ||
| March 24th | Anna of Egmond | Countess von Büren, Leerdam and Lingen | ||
| 25th March | Cassandra Fedele | Italian humanist |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd of April | wolfgang | Count Palatine of Neumarkt, governor of the Upper Palatinate | 63 | |
| April 6th | Aegidius Faber | Hungarian Lutheran theologian | ||
| April 15th | Georg Scharnekau | German Protestant theologian and reformer | ||
| April 15th | Melchior Zobel from Giebelstadt | Prince-Bishop of Würzburg | 52 | |
| 17th April | Roxelane | Favorite consort of the Ottoman Sultan Suleyman I. | ||
| 20th of April | Johannes Bugenhagen | German reformer of Pomerania and Denmark | 72 | |
| April | William Peto | English cardinal |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Gabriel Zwilling | German reformer | ||
| May 6th | Mechthild of Hesse | by marriage to Countess von Tecklenburg | ||
| 17th of May | Francisco de Sá de Miranda | Portuguese poet | 72 | |
| 25. May | Elisabeth of Brandenburg | Reformation princess | 47 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th | Maximilian of Burgundy | Dutch nobleman; Margrave of Vere | 43 | |
| June 5th | Konrad Schmid | Austrian Cistercian and abbot | ||
| 6th of June | Philip I. | Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein | ||
| June 10th | Jobst Nicholas II. | German nobleman, Count of Hohenzollern | ||
| 18th of June | Anton von Schaumburg | Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne (1557–1558) | ||
| June 21st | Piero Strozzi | Italian patrician | ||
| 25th June | Johannes Ferrarius | German lawyer, theologian and philosopher |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th July | George I. | Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard | 60 | |
| July | Bartolommeo Genga | Italian painter, architect and sculptor | ||
| July | Georgius Macropedius | Dutch humanist, playwright and school principal |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 11th | Justus Menius | Thuringian reformer | 58 | |
| 15th of August | Paul Lautensack | German painter | ||
| August 24th | Johannes Garcaeus the Elder | German reformer | ||
| August 24th | Vettor Grimani | Procurator of San Marco in Venice and patron | ||
| August 27 | Gregor Lechner | 48th Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Kremsmünster | ||
| 29th August | Richard Croke | English philologist (Greek) |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the 9th of September | Adam Krafft | Protestant church reformer in Hesse | ||
| September 20th | Catharina of Zehmen | Ancestor of all Prussian Dohnas | ||
| 21st September | Charles V | Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation | 58 | |
| 30. September | Jobst Kettwig | Dresden councilor and mayor |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6th | Berndt from Oer | German nobleman, droste of the Delmenhorst office and governor of the prince-bishop in Münster | ||
| October 7th | Utz Eckstein | Reformed clergyman and pamphleteer | ||
| October, 16th | Gert van Mervelt | German gun and bell founder | ||
| October 17th | Mary of Hungary | Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Castile, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary | 53 | |
| October 18 | Gottschalk from Wickede | Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | ||
| October 21 | Julius Caesar Scaliger | humanistic scholar | 74 | |
| October | Mellin de Saint-Gelais | French Renaissance poet |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Erhard Schnepf | German theologian and reformer | 63 | |
| November 17th | Maria I. | Queen of England and Ireland | 42 | |
| November 17th | Reginald Pole | Archbishop of Canterbury | 58 | |
| 22nd of November | Charles II. De Lalaing | Spanish ambassador in London |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 14th | Lambert von Dalen | Lübeck merchant and councilor | ||
| 20th of December | Leonhard Brunner | Theologian, educator, reformer | ||
| December 28th | Hermann Finck | German music theorist, composer and organist | ||
| December 28th | Jakob von Jonas | German philologist, legal scholar, politician and diplomat | ||
| December | John Sheppard | English composer |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedictus Appenzeller | Renaissance composer | |||
| Dietrich Arnsborg | German word holder, was significantly involved in the introduction of the Reformation in Hanover | |||
| Giovanni Pierio Valeriano Bolzanio | Italian humanist and theologian | |||
| Alfonso de Castro | Theologian-jurist of the Spanish Late Scholasticism or School of Salamanca | |||
| Caupolicán | Mapuche war chief | |||
| Melchior Colyn | German aldermen and mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen | |||
| Gertrude Courtenay, Marchioness of Exeter | Marchioness of Exeter | |||
| Hans Döring | German painter | |||
| Jean François Fernel | French astronomer and physiologist | |||
| January or february | Gerlach Flicke | German Renaissance painter | ||
| Valtin Fox | Electoral Saxon civil servant | |||
| Otto von Gemmingen | Württemberg Obermarschall and Oberhofmeister, Obervogt Baden in Ettlingen | |||
| Giovanni da Nola | Italian Renaissance sculptor | |||
| Eucharius Holzach | Swiss doctor | |||
| Harmen Israhel | Lübeck businessman with contacts particularly to Sweden | |||
| Clement Janequin | French composer | |||
| Ferry Laureyns | Ambassador of the Spanish Netherlands to the United Kingdom | |||
| Marcos de Niza | French explorer and explorer | |||
| Gonzalo de Mendoza | Spanish conquistador | |||
| Bernhard Meyer to the arrow | Cloth merchant, Privy Councilor of State, envoy of the Canton of Basel and Mayor of Basel | |||
| Joachim Moller the Elder | Merchant and councilor in Hamburg | |||
| Wolfgang von Pappenheim | imperial council from the noble family von Pappenheim | |||
| Valérand Poullain | French Reformed clergyman | |||
| Jacob Raven | Secretary of the Hansekontore in Bergen and Antwerp | |||
| Robert Recorde | English medic and mathematician | |||
| Jakob Ruf | Swiss surgeon and writer | |||
| Bernardo Segni | Italian patrician, philosopher, historian and translator | |||
| Solomo Sirillo | Spanish Talmudist | |||
| Gerhard Westerburg | German lawyer, theologian, reformer |