Nekrolog 1579
This is a list of famous people who died in 1579 . 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 8th | Arnold von Siegen | Councilor and Mayor of Cologne in the early modern period | ||
| January 9th | Hans Franz Nägeli | Bernese statesman and general, conqueror of Vaud | ||
| January 17th | Johann Hake | Chancellor of the Counts of Hoya in Nienburg / Weser |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Benedict Stokar | French councilor of Swiss origin | 62 | |
| February 5th | Helena of Pfalz-Simmern | Countess of Hanau-Munzenberg | 46 | |
| February 10th | Nicholas Bacon | English attorney, judge and keeper of the Lord Seal of England | ||
| February 12th | Laurentius Petri Gothus | Swedish Archbishop of the Reformation | ||
| 14th of February | Mattheus Tidemann | Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | ||
| February 16 | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada | Spanish conquistador and lawyer | ||
| 27th of February | Johann Engelstede | German lawyer and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th of March | Christoph von Lamberg | Bishop of Seckau | ||
| 28th March | Juan Fernández de Navarrete | Spanish painter |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 24th | Volkwin Weigel | German mathematician, Hessian personal physician | ||
| April 25 | John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl | Scottish nobleman |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6th | François de Montmorency | Governor of Paris and Marshal of France | 48 | |
| May 24th | Paul Crell | German Lutheran theologian | ||
| May 24th | Christoph Tode | German politician, Mayor of Lübeck | 64 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 10th | William Whittingham | English reformer and Calvinist theologian | ||
| June 16 | Johannes Hartung | German Graecist and Hebrew | 74 | |
| 17th of June | Johannes Stadius | Flemish astronomer, astrologer and mathematician | ||
| 18th of June | Gilles de Berlaymont | Dutch military and politician | ||
| June 22 | David Kölderer from Burgstall | Bishop of Regensburg | ||
| June 28th | Johann von Schaesberg | Nobleman | ||
| June 28th | Heinrich Schweickher | Swabian cartographer |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 23 | Valentin von Eickstedt | Pomeranian statesman | ||
| 24th July | Benedetto Lomellini | Cardinal of the Catholic Church |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Joseph Nasi | Diplomat, banker and financial expert at the court of the Ottoman sultans Suleyman I and Selim II. | ||
| August 2nd | Zacharias Orth | German classical philologist, pedagogue and neo-Latin poet of German humanism | ||
| 5th of August | Stanislaus Hosius | German-Polish theologian | 75 | |
| August 11th | Caspar Vischer | German architect | ||
| August 30th | Hans Caudir | Commander of the Order of St. John and imperial interpreter for Turkish, Arabic and Persian |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th October | Johann III. from Blankenfelde | German politician, Mayor of Berlin | ||
| October 11th | Sokollu Mehmed Pasha | Ottoman Grand Vizier | ||
| the 20th of October | Francis Joel | Hungarian pharmacologist and physician | 71 | |
| October 24th | Albrecht V. | Duke of Bavaria | 51 | |
| October 24th | Andreas I. Imhoff | German merchant as well as foremost slogan and imperial school of the imperial city of Nuremberg | 87 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 4th | Wenceslaus III | Duke of Teschen (1528–1579) | 54 | |
| November 9th | Philip VI | Count of Waldeck zu Landau | 28 | |
| November 13th | Wilhelm von Löwenstein | Nobleman, bailiff and bailiff in the Speyer Monastery | ||
| 15th of November | Franz Davidis | Unitarian theologian | ||
| 21st November | Thomas Gresham | Founder of the London Stock Exchange |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th of December | Paul Hector Mair | Clerk, city treasurer and steward of the city of Augsburg | ||
| 13th December | Georg Celestine | German Lutheran theologian and clergyman | 54 | |
| 21st December | Vicente Juan Masip | Spanish painter |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro de Ávila y Zúñiga | Spanish diplomat, Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom | |||
| Louis de Clermont, seigneur de Bussy d'Amboise | French nobleman | |||
| Antonio Guarás | Spanish envoy to England | |||
| Hieronymus Haubold | German educator and Lutheran theologian | |||
| Hey Xinyin | Chinese representative of the Taizhou School of Neo-Confucianism | |||
| Diego de Landa | Spanish bishop of Yucatán | |||
| Ferdinand de Lannoy | Governor of Holland in the Spanish Netherlands | |||
| Dorothea Merck | Victims of the witch hunt in Waldshut | |||
| Arcangelo Salimbeni | Italian painter | |||
| Ulrich Schmidl | German mercenary, patrician, explorer, chronicler and councilor | |||
| Surkhar Lodro Gyelpo | Tibetan medic | |||
| Franz Trac | Siegburg art potters | |||
| Voravongse I. | King of Lan Chang |