Nekrolog 1572

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This is a list of famous people who died in 1572 . 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
January 1st	Paul Crusius	German Protestant theologian, mathematician and historian
January 4th	Alwig von Sulz	Landgrave in Klettgau, Imperial Councilor, captain and governor in Upper Alsace
January 7th	Charles de Brimeu	Count von Megen, Spanish military
13th January	Jan Augusta	Bishop of the Bohemian Brethren University
22nd of January	Henry VI. from Plauen	Burgrave of Meissen	35
January 23	Johann von Münchhausen	Bishop of Courland, Bishop of Ösel and Canon in Verden
January 26th	Pierre de Monte	50th Grand Master of the Order of Malta
January 27th	Johanna von Hanau-Lichtenberg	Countess of Hanau and Eberstein
January	Jan Táborský z Klokotské Hory	Czech writer, composer, astronomer and mechanic

February

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
February 16	Georg Silberschlag the Elder	German theologian
February 17th	Hermes Halpaur	Jesuit, preacher and theologian
February 23	Pierre Certon	French composer
February 28	Catherine of Austria	by marriage Queen of Poland and Duchess of Mantua	38
February 28	Aegidius Tschudi	Swiss historian and politician	67
February 28	Udai Singh II	Indian ruler	49

March

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
5. March	Giulio Campi	Italian painter
March 10th	Jacob von Zitzewitz	Pomeranian statesman
March 12th	Mem de Sá	Portuguese nobleman, lawyer, judge and governor
March 13th	Petar Hektorović	Croatian poet and polymath of the Renaissance
17. March	Marcantonio Amulio	Italian clergyman, cardinal of the Catholic Church
17. March	Georg the dog of Wenkheim	Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
March, 20th	Hieronymus Weller	German Lutheran theologian and reformer	72
March 22	Catherine of Pfalz-Simmern	Abbess in the Kumbd Monastery	61
28th March	Annecke Lange	German woman, victim of the witch trials
28th March	Wilhelm Ulenoge	German notary

April

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
2nd of April	Elisabeth of Braunschweig-Lüneburg	Duchess of Geldern	77
April 6th	Wilhelm Bidembach	German Lutheran theologian and clergyman	33
12. April	Jean Crespin	French lawyer in Arras, parliamentary advocate in Paris and printer in Geneva
April 19th	Pedro de Gante	Franciscan Missionary in Mexico

May

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
1st of May	Moses Isserles	Polish rabbi
1st of May	Pius V.	Pope (1566–1572)	68
5th of May	Margaret Erskine	Mistress of King James V of Scotland
May 13th	Johann Argentier	Italian medic
17th of May	Albrecht von Rosenberg	Imperial knight with the rule of Schüpf
May 22	Gilbert cousin	Humanist and theologian	66

June

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
2th of June	Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk	English nobleman	34
June 5th	Ulrich von Mordeisen	Saxon politician and diplomat	52
June 9th	Johanna III.	Queen of Navarre	44
14th June	Thomas Wharton, 2nd Baron Wharton	English nobleman and politician of the Tudor period
June 16	Wilhelm Prusinovský from Víckov	Bishop of Olomouc
20th June	Simon Schaidenreisser	German writer and humanist
June 28th	Johannes Goropius Becanus	Belgian doctor, linguist and humanist	53
June 30th	Jacob Curio	German physician and mathematician

July

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
5th July	Longqing	Chinese emperor of the Ming Dynasty	35
7th of July	Sigismund II August	King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, last King of the Jagiellonians	51
July 9	Johann Pontanus	German doctor
July 9	Theodor van der Eem	catholic martyr and saint
July 27th	Walrab from Boyneburg-Hohenstein	Mr. zu Jestädt
July	Jörg Schechner	Wollweber, supporter of the Reformation Anabaptist movement, Nuremberg Mastersinger

August

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
20th of August	Miguel López de Legazpi	Spanish conquistador
August 24th	Gaspard II. De Coligny	French admiral and Huguenot leader	53
August 24th	Claude Goudimel	French Renaissance composer
August 24th	Peter Ramus	French philosopher and humanist
August 25	Christoph Lasius	German Protestant theologian	68

September

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
September 2nd	Eberhard von Gemmingen zu Bürg	Landlord in Bürg, Widdern, Maienfels and Treschklingen
September 19th	Barbara of Austria	Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Ferrara	33
September 22	François Clouet	French painter
September 24th	Túpac Amaru	last ruler of the Inca Empire
September 29th	Denis Lambin	French humanist and scholar
September	Juan Cano de Saavedra	Spanish conquistador

October

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
October 1	Francisco de Borja	Spanish Jesuit, Superior General of the Jesuit Order and saint	61
4th of October	Jean de Coras	French lawyer, university professor	59
4th of October	Johannes Mahusius	Dutch Roman Catholic Bishop of Deventer
the 20th of October	Hermann von Holten	Abbot of the monasteries Werden and Helmstedt
October 24th	Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby	English nobleman	63
October 25	Cosimo Bartoli	Italian humanist, translator, art theorist and diplomat	68
28th of October	John Erskine, 18th Earl of Mar	Scottish nobleman, 18th Earl of Mar
October 31	Johann von Randow	Magdeburg Canon

November

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
November 12th	Heinrich zu Stolberg	German regent	63
November 23	Agnolo Bronzino	Italian painter	69
November 24th	John Knox	Scottish preacher

December

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age
2. December	Ippolito II d'Este	Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal	63
13th December	Jachiam Tütschett Bifrun	Swiss Reformed Bible translator	66
December 22	Hermann von Vechtelde	German legal scholar
23rd of December	Johannes Sylvanus	German theologian
30th of December	Galeazzo Alessi	Italian architect
end of December	John Hales	English politician and writer

Date unknown

Day	Surname	Profession known as	Age	receipt
	Wulff from Ahlefeldt	Heir of Haselau and Gut Kaden, son of Friedrich von Ahlefeldt (landlord, 1551)
	Guttormur Andrasson	Løgmaður of the Faroe Islands
	Rafael Bombelli	Italian mathematician
	Salim Chishti	Sufi saint
	Marcos Perez	Swiss entrepreneur
	István Dobó	Castle captain of Eger
	Jo Sik	Korean philosopher and writer during the Joseon Dynasty
	Johann I.	Governor of Limburg, non-ruling Count of East Friesland
	Johann I. von Viermund	German nobleman and Lord von Neersen
	Jost Clodt from Juergensburg	Diplomat and later ducal chancellor in the Duchy of Courland and Zemgale
	Francesco Londariti	Greek composer
	Isaac Luria	Rabbi and Kabbalist
	Johannes Lycaula	German Protestant theologian and reformer
	Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski	Polish humanist and theologian, father of Polish democracy
	Francisco de Morais	Portuguese novelist and treasurer
	Giovanni Sallustio Peruzzi	Italian architect and painter
	Hans von Randow	Official governor of Hornburg and Zilly
	Joachim von Roebel	Elector Brandenburg and Electorate of Saxony and finally Imperial Field Marshal and Privy Council of War
	Lorenzo Rustici	Italian painter and plasterer
	Guerau de Spes	Spanish diplomat, Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom
	Jacques Yver	French narrator