Nekrolog 1596
This is a list of famous people who died in 1596 . 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 4th | Cristóbal de Mondragón | Spanish army leader in the Eighty Years War | ||
| January 20th | Lambert Ludolph helmet | Dutch humanist and Latin poet | 60 | |
| 21th January | Johannes Ligarius | Lutheran theologian, reformer and confessionalist | ||
| January 28th | Francis Drake | English privateer, explorer, admiral, first English circumnavigator |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 7th | George I. | Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | 48 | |
| February 10th | Peter Gropper | Roman Catholic theologian and mystic | ||
| February 15th | Ludwig von Berlaymont | Theologian and second Archbishop of Cambrai | 53 | |
| February 17th | Friedrich Sylburg | German Graecist | ||
| 27th of February | Georg Lysthenius | Reformer and theologian | 63 | |
| February 29th | Philippe Rogier | Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March, 15 | Valentin Boxberger | Court official of the Count of Henneberg and electoral Saxon and princely Saxon bailiff and district judge | 57 | |
| March, 15 | Johann Georg Volkmar | German Lutheran theologian | 28 | |
| 27th of March | Friedrich IV. | Duke of Liegnitz, at times also Duke of Haynau | 43 | |
| March 31 | Francesco Ciceri | Italian humanist and university professor |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd of April | Lucas Luidtke | Protestant theologian in Havelberg | ||
| 3rd of April | Koca Sinan Pasha | Ottoman general and politician | ||
| 4. April | Philip II | Duke of the Principality of Grubenhagen | 62 | |
| 11 April | Ludolf X. von Alvensleben | German statesman | ||
| April 22 | Meinhard von Schönberg | Field Marshal of the Electorate of the Palatinate and bailiff of Bacharach | 65 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6th | Giaches de Wert | Flemish composer of the Renaissance | ||
| May 7th | Hans Donauer the Elder | German painter | ||
| 12th of May | Johann Philipp von Hohensax | Swiss nobleman | ||
| May 27th | Pellegrino Tibaldi | Italian painter | ||
| 31. May | John Leslie | Scottish clergyman and Bishop of Ross | 68 | |
| May | Hryhoriy Loboda | Hetman of Ukraine | 39 | |
| May | Andreas Walther III | German sculptor of the Renaissance |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | Giovanni Battista Mosto | Late Renaissance composer and trombonist |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 19 | Francis Knollys | English minister under Elizabeth I. | ||
| July 23 | Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon | English courtier and cousin of Elizabeth I. | 70 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 23 | Willem de Witt | Dordrecht patrician and mayor | 80 | |
| August | George Gower | English painter |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2nd | Siegfried Sack | German theologian of the Reformation and cathedral preacher at Magdeburg Cathedral | 69 | |
| the 9th of September | Anna Jagiellonica | Polish queen | 72 | |
| September 14th | Francisco Toledo | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | 63 | |
| September 15th | Leonhard Rauwolf | German botanist and doctor | ||
| September 29th | Margaret Clifford, Countess of Derby | English nobles | ||
| September | Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser | Dutch navigator |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Florent Chrestien | French humanist, classical philologist, writer and translator | 56 | |
| October 18 | Hermann tom ring | German painter | 75 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Pierre Pithou | French lawyer and scholar | 57 | |
| November 5th | Andrew of Jerin | Bishop of Wroclaw | ||
| 20th November | Caspar II. Thoma | German Benedictine abbot | ||
| November 24th | Adam II of Neuhaus | Bohemian nobleman, Chancellor Colonel of Bohemia and Burgrave of Prague | ||
| November 24th | Bernhard of Anhalt | Colonel of the Upper Saxon Empire | 25th | |
| November 28th | Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf | Austrian nobleman and scholar |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 8th | Luis de Carvajal | Spanish merchant and poet | ||
| 9th of December | Mathias Gastritz | German organist and composer of the Renaissance | ||
| 12th of December | Andreas Fulda | German philologist and Lutheran theologian | 62 | |
| 20th of December | Paolo Fiammingo | Flemish painter | ||
| December 22 | Rochus to Lynar | Italian fortress builder and military | 70 | |
| 30th of December | Emmanuel Sá | Portuguese theologian, priest and teacher |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Polish painter | |||
| Axlar-Bjorn | Icelandic serial killer | |||
| Jean Bodin | French state philosopher and witch theorist | |||
| Maurice Bouguereau | French printer, bookseller, cartographer and publisher | |||
| Hans Christoph von Gemmingen | Landlord in Liebenfels | |||
| Katarina Hansdotter | Mistress of King John III. | |||
| Hattori Hanzo | japanese ninja | |||
| Daniel Heintz the elder | Swiss civil engineer and architect | |||
| Isaak Keller | Swiss medic | |||
| Juan Latino | Spanish professor of Latin and poet | |||
| Mangthö Ludrub Gyatsho | Tibetan Buddhist scholar | |||
| Jeanne du Monceau de Tignonville | Mistress of the French King Henry IV. | |||
| No Keo Kuman | King of Lan Xang | |||
| George Peele | English playwright | |||
| Tham plow | Electoral Saxon politician | |||
| Blaise de Vigenère | French diplomat and cryptographer | |||
| Anna alarm clock | German poet and author of a cookbook | |||
| Johannes Wittich | German doctor and author |