Nekrolog 1581
This is a list of famous people who died in 1581 . 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 19th | Gillis Hooftman | Merchant, trader, banker and shipowner from the Duchy of Limburg | ||
| January 25th | Hans Reinhart the Elder | Medalist | ||
| 31 January | Fabian Timaeus | German Lutheran theologian |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2nd | Johanna von Pfalz-Simmern | Abbess at Marienberg Monastery, Boppard | 68 | |
| February 10th | Hans Steiger | Swiss statesman | ||
| February 24th | Fabrizio Dentice | Italian lutenist and composer | ||
| February 28 | Wilhelm V (III.) Of Bernsau | Bergischer Marshal |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17. March | Johannes Marbach | Lutheran theologian, reformer and confessionalist | 59 | |
| 19th March | Franz I. | Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg | ||
| March | Andreas Meinicke | Victims of the witch trials in Wernigerode |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5th | Jakub Uchański | Bishop and Primate of Poland | ||
| April 14th | Gallus Dreßler | German cantor and composer | 47 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th of May | Sebastian Hornmold the Elder | Bietigheimer Vogt and first church council director in Württemberg | 81 | |
| May 16 | Flavio Orsini | Cardinal of the Roman Church | ||
| May 16 | Alessandro Sforza | Cardinal of the Roman Church | ||
| May 27th | Christoph Báthory | Voivode of Transylvania and brother of the Polish King Stephan Báthory |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2th of June | James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton | Lord Chancellor and supporter of Maria Stuart | ||
| June 4th | Jacob III from Eltz | Archbishop and Elector of Trier (1567–1581) | ||
| 6th of June | Johann Otho | Flemish humanist, educator, cartographer and scholar | ||
| June 7th | Johann Fichard | German lawyer | 68 | |
| June 13th | Matthaeus Devarius | Greek classical philologist | ||
| June | Christman Gniperdoliga | German serial killer |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 11th | Peder Skram | Danish admiral and naval hero | ||
| July 12 | Johannes Gigas | Protestant theologian, humanist, hymn poet and reformer | 67 | |
| July 13th | Jean Scheyfve | Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom | ||
| July 23 | Georg von Lalaing | Orange governor of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th August | Sabine of Württemberg | Princess of Württemberg, by marriage Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel | 32 | |
| 20th of August | Katharina von Hanau | Wife of Johann IV. Von Wied-Runkel and Isenburg | 56 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 6th | Pietro Dusina | Italian Roman Catholic clergyman, apostolic visitor and inquisitor in Malta | ||
| September 6th | Guillaume Postel | French humanist and polymath | 71 | |
| September 8th | Anton von Berckhusen | Mayor of Hanover after the Reformation, deacon and author | 81 | |
| September 11 | Paul Ronnefeld | Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | ||
| 13.september | Peter Lo | German theologian and reformer | ||
| 17th of September | Aquiles Estaço | Portuguese humanist, writer, philologist and translator | 57 | |
| September 18 | Peter Nirsch | German serial killer | ||
| September 19th | Frans Pourbus the Elder | Flemish painter | ||
| September 29th | Andreas Musculus | Protestant theologian and reformer | 66 | |
| 30. September | Hubert Languet | French diplomat, lawyer and Reformed theologian |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Petrus Vincentius | German rhetorician, ethicist and educator | 62 | |
| October 7th | Honoré I. | Lord of Monaco (1532–1581) | ||
| 9th October | Luis Beltran | Spanish Dominican and saint | 55 | |
| 23rd October | Michael Neander | German mathematician, philologist and physician | 52 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 4th | Romegas | Descendant of the aristocratic Gascogner family d'Aux and a knight of the Order of Malta | ||
| November 6th | Antoine Froment | Reformed clergyman and chronicler | ||
| November 6th | Paul Zwilling | German neo-Latin epic | 34 | |
| November 19th | Ivan Ivanovich | Russian Tsarevich (Crown Prince); Son of Tsar Ivan IV. | 27 | |
| 30th of November | Simon Bing | Landgrave Hessian councilor and politician |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Alexander Briant | English Jesuit, martyr and Catholic saint | ||
| December 1 | Edmund Campion | Monk in the Jesuit order and martyr of the Catholic Church | 41 | |
| December 7th | Marquard von Hattstein | German bishop of Speyer | 52 | |
| 11th December | Maria of Austria | Archduchess of Austria | 50 | |
| 12th of December | Jean de la Cassière | Grand Master of the Order of Malta |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip IV of Angelach-Angelach | Imperial knight in the knightly canton of Kraichgau from the Lord von Angelach family | |||
| Bayinnaung | King of the Taunggu Dynasty in what is now Burma | |||
| Pedro Chacón | Spanish scholar | |||
| Martin Gallus | German Protestant theologian | |||
| Johann Baptist Hainzel | Mayor of Augsburg, promoter of science | |||
| Paul Hainzel | German astronomer and mayor of Augsburg | |||
| Jobst II. | Count of Holstein-Schauenburg | |||
| Francisco de Aguirre de Meneses | Spanish conquistador who took part in the campaigns of conquest against Chile, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia | |||
| Ram Das | Guru of the Sikhs | |||
| Georg Rataller | Dutch philologist and translator | |||
| Nicholas Sanders | English Catholic theologian and polemicist | |||
| Anton Schneeberger | Swiss botanist and doctor | |||
| Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński | Polish poet | |||
| Agatha Streicher | German doctor | |||
| Michael Toxites | Mediciners |