Nekrolog 1578
This is a list of famous people who died in 1578 . 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 1st | Ioan Potcoavă | Ruler of the Principality of Moldova | ||
| January 4th | William Roper | English biographer and member of parliament | ||
| January 5th | Giulio Clovio | Miniature painter and clergyman | ||
| 21th January | Piale Pasha | Ottoman admiral and vizier | ||
| January 25th | Mihrimah Sultan | ottoman princess | 55 | |
| January 30th | Peter Walpot | Head of the Hutterite Anabaptists in Moravia |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 6th | Johannes Mezon | Bishop of Olomouc | ||
| February 7th | Hans Hug Kluber | Swiss portrait painter, draftsman and restorer | ||
| February 12th | Catherine of Castile | Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Castile | 71 | |
| 27th of February | Johann Krafft | German printer during the Reformation |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March | Sebastiano Venier | Doge of Venice | ||
| 7th March | Gilles de Gouberville | French diary author of the 16th century | ||
| 8th of March | Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin | Princess of Brandenburg-Küstrin, by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach | 37 | |
| 9th March | Rudolfus Collinus | Swiss humanist | ||
| 9th March | Margaret Douglas | British noblewoman, niece of King Henry VIII of England and grandmother of King Jacob I of England | 62 | |
| March 12th | Alessandro Piccolomini | Italian poet, philosopher and astronomer | 69 | |
| March 13th | Uesugi Kenshin | Japanese warlord | 48 | |
| 17. March | Cornelis Cort | Dutch engraver | ||
| March 18th | Johann Baumgart | German Lutheran theologian, hymn poet and school dramatist | 63 | |
| March 29 | Louis I. de Lorraine-Guise | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | 50 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1st | Arthur Champernowne | English politician and military | ||
| 2nd of April | Marie-Elisabeth de Valois | only child of the French King Charles IX. (France) and Elisabeth of Austria | 5 | |
| 10th of April | Johanna of Austria | Renaissance princess | 31 | |
| April 14th | James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell | Scottish military leader and husband of Mary Queen of Scots | ||
| April 15th | Wolrad II. | Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg | 69 | |
| 20th of April | Mary Gray | English noblewoman, youngest sister of Lady Jane Gray | ||
| April 24th | Hans von Carlowitz | German civil servant | ||
| April 27 | Louis de Maugiron | French nobleman |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Wilhelm II von der Mark | Admiral of the Wassergeusen and governor of Holland | ||
| May 3rd | Martin Eisengrein | German Catholic theologian and polemicist | 42 | |
| 23. May | Laurentius Surius | German Carthusian monk and hagiographer | ||
| May 29th | Jacques de Lévis, Comte de Caylus | French nobleman |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th | Charles de Berlaymont | Dutch military and politician | ||
| 8th June | Christoph von Carlowitz | Saxon diplomat | 70 | |
| June 19th | Sabine von Pfalz-Simmern | Countess of Egmond and Princess of Gavre | 50 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th July | Cristoforo Madruzzo | cardinal | 66 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of August | Sebastian | King of Portugal | 24 | |
| 6th of August | Rudolf Clenck | German Catholic theologian | ||
| August 11th | Pedro Nunes | Portuguese mathematician and astronomer | ||
| 12. August | Bartolomeo Porcia | apostolic nuncio | ||
| 17th August | Balthasar Bidembach | German Protestant theologian | 45 | |
| August 28th | Nicholas Neodomus | German mathematician | ||
| August 28th | Giovanni Battista Zelotti | Italian Renaissance painter | ||
| August 30th | Joachim Pasche | Brandenburg evangelical clergyman and court preacher |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 3 | Giulio della Rovere | Italian cardinal, owner of several bishoprics and archbishopric and Duke of Sora | 45 | |
| 5th September | Gerhard Falkenburg | Dutch humanist | ||
| 5th September | Arnoldus Mermannus | Flemish theologian | ||
| September 10 | Franz Alard | Lutheran preacher | ||
| September 10 | Pierre Lescot | French architect | ||
| September 22 | Wenceslas of Austria | Grand Prior of the Order of St. John of Castile | 17th | |
| September 29th | Johann Esich | Mayor of Bremen | ||
| September 30th / October 1st | Sokollu Mustafa Pasha | Ottoman dignitaries of Bosnian origin |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Juan de Austria | Commander of the Spanish fleet and governor of the Habsburg Netherlands | 31 | |
| 8th October | Adriaen Pauw | Dutch merchant and politician | 62 | |
| October 13th | Jean Bullant | French architect | ||
| October 18 | Ferdinand of Austria | Prince of Asturias | 6th |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 8th | Hans Saphoy | German-Austrian master stonemason of the Renaissance and master builder of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna | ||
| November 29th | Jakob Gienger von Grienpichel | Vice Cathedral of Upper Austria | 68 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 4th | Hermann von Neuenahr the Younger | German humanist statesman and promoter of the Reformation | 58 | |
| 9th of December | Kort Kamphues | Coesfeld city judge, executed for breach of the peace | ||
| 19. December | Ambrosius Aigen | Swiss businessman and mayor | ||
| 20th of December | Hieronymus Shepherd | German papermaker and city judge | ||
| 21st December | Maximilien de Hénin-Liétard | Governor | ||
| 30th of December | Full wheel from Mansfeld | German mercenary leader | 58 | |
| December | Nicholas Heath | English Roman Catholic Bishop, Lord Chancellor of England |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Abdallah | third sultan of the Saadians in Morocco (1574–1576) | |||
| Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik | fourth sultan of the Saadians in Morocco | |||
| Johann Friedrich Celestine | German Lutheran clergyman and theologian | |||
| Georg Dasch | Mayor of Gotha | |||
| Diego de Estella | Spanish theologian and mystic | |||
| Gabriele Giolito de 'Ferrari | Venetian printer, publisher and bookseller | |||
| Antonius Heuglin | German theologian and university librarian | |||
| Burchard crane | German-English doctor and entrepreneur | |||
| Barthel Lauterbach | Electoral Saxon court and chamber councilor, land rent master, chief magistrate of Nossen and Chemnitz | |||
| Ahmad Mashhadi | Iranian calligrapher | |||
| Johannes Mangon | Franco-Flemish succentor, composer and collegiate bandmaster at Aachen Cathedral | |||
| Hans Millies | German merchant and chronicler | |||
| Azaria dei Rossi | Jewish humanist | |||
| Jan Seklucjan | Polish Protestant theologian and publisher |