Nekrolog 1583
This is a list of famous people who died in 1583 . 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 | François de Belleforest | French writer, poet and translator of the Renaissance | ||
| January 5th | Juan Maldonado | Spanish Jesuit | ||
| January 7th | Maria of Saxony | Duchess of Pomerania | 67 | |
| 15. January | Matthias Stoius | German mathematician and physician | 56 | |
| January 17th | Nicholas Popping | German lawyer and Council Secretary of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | ||
| 22nd of January | Antoinette de Bourbon | first Duchess of Guise by marriage | 89 | |
| January 23 | Antonius Rescius | German auxiliary bishop and university dean | ||
| January 25th | Johannes Pistorius the Elder | Hessian reformer and superintendent |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th of February | Giovanni Pietro Albuzio | Italian doctor and university professor | ||
| 14th of February | Hans von Bartensleben | Personality of the noble family von Bartensleben |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th March | Nikolaus Cisnerus | German humanist and lawyer | 53 | |
| 6th March | Zacharias Ursinus | German reformed theologian | 48 | |
| 9th March | Martín Enríquez de Almansa | Spanish Viceroy of Peru | ||
| March, 15 | Christoph Entzelt | German Protestant clergyman and historian | ||
| March 18th | Magnus of Denmark | Bishop of Ösel-Wieck and Courland, King of Livonia (1570–1577) | 42 | |
| 25th March | Nikolaus Jagenteufel | German Lutheran theologian and educator | 56 | |
| March | Sancho d'Avila | Spanish general in the Eighty Years War | 59 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | Lucas David | Prussian historian |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23. May | Christoph von Dürfeld | German legal scholar | ||
| 23. May | Günther XLI. | Count of Schwarzburg and Schwarzburg-Arnstadt | 53 | |
| May 26 | Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox | Scottish nobleman | ||
| 28th of May | Lazarus of Schwendi | Diplomat and military commander in the service of Charles V. |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1st | Sofia Gyllenhielm | Wife of Pontus De la Gardie | ||
| 8th June | Mathijs Bril | Flemish painter and draftsman | ||
| June 11th | Franz von Dumstorp | German knight and commander | ||
| 14th June | Shibata Katsuie | Japanese samurai and general | ||
| June 19th | Lorenzo Suárez de Mendoza | Viceroy of New Spain |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 6th | Edmund Grindal | Archbishop of Canterbury | ||
| 8th of July | Hermann Raphael Rodensteen | Dutch organ builder | ||
| 16th of July | Johannes Molanus | Flemish and German educator | ||
| 17th July | Mette Fliss | German woman, executed as a witch | ||
| July 18th | Johannes Thal | German doctor and botanist | ||
| July 19 | Paul Dumerich | German pedagogue, philologist, mathematician and university professor | 56 | |
| July 25th | Rodolfo Acquaviva | Italian monk, beatified as a martyr, missionary to India from the Jesuit order | 32 | |
| July 25th | Pietro Berno | Swiss Jesuit and missionary |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 7th | Tilemann Kenckel | German lawyer and Council Secretary of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | 39 | |
| August 21 | Johann Eichorn | German printer and publisher | ||
| August 22nd | Marcantonio Maffei | Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Chieti and Cardinal of the Roman Church | 61 | |
| August 24th | Hans Seeck | German sculptor and carver | ||
| August 27 | Bohuslav Felix von Lobkowitz and Hassenstein | Bohemian estate politician, governor of Lower Lusatia | 66 | |
| 29th August | Stephan Parmenius | Hungarian humanist, possibly the first Hungarian to visit North America |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th September | Katharina Jagiellonica | Polish princess from the Jagiellonian family | 56 | |
| September 27th | Elisabeth Plainacher | Austrian woman, executed as a witch | ||
| September | Stoldo Lorenzi | Italian sculptor |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October, 16th | Christoph Schilling | Silesian humanist, reformed pedagogue and physician | ||
| October 22nd | Louis VI. | Elector Palatinate | 44 | |
| 30th of October | Pirro Ligorio | Italian painter, archaeologist, architect and garden designer of Mannerism |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 24th | René de Birague | French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | 77 | |
| 30th of November | Philip II | first Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels | 42 | |
| November | Johannes Selner | Kreuzkantor in Dresden (1553–1560) |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th December | Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Duke of Alba | 4. Duke of Alba | ||
| December 16 | Ivan Fyodorov | first East Slavic printer | ||
| 19. December | John Somerville | British conspirator against Queen Elizabeth I of England | ||
| December 29th | Zaccaria Dolfin | cardinal | 56 | |
| December 31 | Thomas Erastus | Swiss reformed theologian | 59 | |
| December | Orazio Alfani | Italian mannerism painter |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luís de Almeida | Portuguese missionary of the Society of Jesus | |||
| Abelke Bleken | German woman who was burned on charges of witchcraft | |||
| Michael von Brunnow | Polish minister and later ducal chancellor in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia | |||
| Martin of Eyb | Bishop of Bamberg | |||
| Juan de Garay | Basque conqueror | |||
| Eberhard von Gemmingen | Landlord in Bürg, bought Weinfelden with his brothers | |||
| Leonhard von Gemmingen | Landlord in Michelfeld | |||
| Humphrey Gilbert | British adventurer | |||
| Catarina van Hemessen | Flemish portrait painter of the Renaissance | |||
| Johannes Keuchenthal | German Protestant theologian | |||
| Andrei Mikhailovich Kurbsky | Russian author, friend and later political opponent of Ivan the Terrible | |||
| Noe Meurer | German lawyer and author | |||
| Andreas von Meyendorff | Lord of the castle Ummendorf, pioneer of the Reformation | |||
| Nurbanu | Ottoman Valide Sultan | |||
| Fernão Mendes Pinto | Portuguese explorer and writer | |||
| Wilhelm de Raet | Dutch hydraulic engineer and builder | |||
| Johann Renner | German notary and chronicler |