Nekrolog 1603
This is a list of famous people who died in 1603 . 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 | Hendrick Aerts | Flemish painter and draftsman |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 7th | Bartholomäus Sastrow | German writer | 82 | |
| February 7th | Hermann Wilken | German humanist and mathematician | ||
| 14th of February | Alfonso Gesualdo | Cardinal of the Catholic Church | 62 | |
| February 23 | Andrea Cesalpino | Italian philosopher, botanist and physiologist | 83 | |
| February 26th | Hans Pleikard of Gemmingen | Landlord in Steinegg | ||
| February 26th | Mary of Spain | Infanta of Spain and by marriage Empress of the Holy Roman Empire | 74 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Hartmann Pistoris | German legal scholar | 60 | |
| 5. March | Philipp Orth | Mayor of Heilbronn | 68 | |
| March 11 | Paul Hess | German medic | 66 | |
| the 14th of March | Ulrich | Duke of Mecklenburg | 76 | |
| March, 15 | Laurens Adsen | German pastor and chronicler | ||
| 17. March | Andreas Schato | German mathematician, physicist and physician | 63 | |
| March 22 | Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton | Scottish peer | ||
| March 24th | Elizabeth I. | English queen from the Tudor dynasty | 69 | |
| March 30 | Heinrich von Reuschenberg | Landkomtur of the Deutschordensballei Alden Biesen |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. April | Aegidius Hunnius the Elder | Lutheran theologian, provost and general superintendent of the Saxon spa district in Wittenberg | 52 | |
| April 8th | Valentinus Otho | German mathematician | ||
| April 19th | Michael Bapst | German Lutheran pastor; medical folk writer | 62 | |
| April 25 | Gregory of Valencia | Jesuit and theologian | 54 | |
| April 28 | Güzlav von Rotermund | German governor and Princely Councilor in the Duchy of Pomerania |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4th | Juraj IV. Zrinski | Croatian nobleman; Treasurer of the Croatian-Hungarian Kingdom and Count of the Zala County | 54 | |
| 5th of May | Georg Friedrich I. | Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach as well as curator and duke in the Duchy of Prussia and Jägerndorf | 64 | |
| 5th of May | Stephan Praetorius | Protestant theologian | 67 | |
| May 13th | Christian Sgrothen | cartographer | ||
| May 14th | Magnus II. | Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg (1581–1588) | ||
| May 24th | Daniel Mögling | German physicians and university lecturers | ||
| early May | Johannes Mellinger | German cartographer and doctor |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1st | Hendrick van Steenwyck the Elder | Dutch painter | ||
| June 5th | Hermann von Lynden | Nobleman and soldier in the service of the Prince-Bishop of Liège | ||
| 8th June | Stanislaw Karnkowski | Polish clergyman, bishop and primate of Poland | 83 | |
| 14th June | Girolamo Rusticucci | Italian clergyman, Bishop of Sinigaglia and Cardinal of the Roman Church | 66 | |
| 18th of June | Philipp Matthew | German legal scholar | 48 | |
| 18th of June | Grace O'Malley | Irish leader (clan boss), pirate, rebel, wholesaler, ship captain | ||
| June 21st | Giacomo Antonio Cortusi | Italian botanist | ||
| 25th June | Hermann Blomenberch | German secretary of the Hansekontor in Bergen |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 4th | Henry VII | Count of Ortenburg | 46 | |
| July 4th | Philippe de Monte | Franco-Flemish composer | ||
| July 11th | Johann Albrecht | Mayor of Heilbronn | ||
| 22nd of July | Łukasz Górnicki | Polish humanist, writer, secretary and chancellor of King Sigismund II August of Poland | ||
| July 23 | Santi di Tito | Italian painter and architect | 67 | |
| 24th July | Johann Hochmann | German lawyer, professor in Tübingen, Brandenburg councilor and rector | ||
| 30th July | Conrad von Pappenheim | imperial colonel | 69 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th of August | Andreas Ryff | Swiss businessman of the early modern era | 53 | |
| August 27 | Petrus Wesenbeck | Flemish lawyer | 57 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Barnim X. | Duke of Pomerania | 54 | |
| September 8th | Johannes Herold | German composer | ||
| the 9th of September | George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon | English nobleman and patron of the theater | ||
| the 9th of September | Ambrosio Cotes | Spanish conductor and composer | ||
| September 14th | David Lobech | German theologian | ||
| September 20th | Andreas von Oberstein | noble canon and important reformer in the Principality of Speyer | ||
| 25th of September | Stefano Felis | Italian composer | ||
| September 29th | Francesco Buonamici | Italian philosopher |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Olivier van den Tempel | commander | ||
| October 6th | Jakob Monau | German polymath (lawyer, philologist and poet) | 57 | |
| October 6th | Abraham Bock | Electoral Saxon court official and manor owner | ||
| October 26th | Irina Godunova | Russian tsarina and wife of tsar Fyodor I. | ||
| October 26th | Otto II. | Duke of Braunschweig-Harburg (1549–1603) | 75 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 12th | John VII | German nobleman, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst | 63 | |
| November 16 | Pierre Charron | French philosopher and theologian, advocate of skepticism | ||
| 20th November | Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł | Polish-Lithuanian officer and civil servant | ||
| 22nd of November | Caspar Ratzenberger | City doctor in Naumburg (Saale) and botanist |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 4th | Marten de Vos | painter | ||
| December 8th | Hans Wolf von Schönberg | Electoral Saxon politician | ||
| 10th of December | William Gilbert | English doctor and naturalist | 59 | |
| December 22 | Mehmed III. | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1595–1603) | 37 | |
| December 27th | Thomas Cartwright | English theologian and exponent of Presbyterian Puritanism |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Abenaes | Marran businessman and diplomat | |||
| Ahmad al-Mansur | fifth sultan of the Saadians in Morocco | |||
| Giulio Cesare Barbetta | Italian lutenist and composer of the High Renaissance | |||
| Merga Bien | German woman, executed as a witch | |||
| Giovanni Costeo | Italian medic, botanist and chemist | |||
| Baldissera Donato | Italian singer, conductor and composer | |||
| Antonius Eisenhoit | German artist, goldsmith, engraver and draftsman | |||
| John de Fossa | Franco-Flemish composer, singer and conductor | |||
| Christine von Halle | German nobleman and businesswoman | |||
| Hieronymus the Younger Hrobschitzky von Hrobschitz | Czech nobleman | |||
| Theodor Hutten | Mayor of Düren | |||
| Giovan Pietro Maffei | Italian historian and Jesuit | |||
| Hans George von Osterhausen | Electoral Saxon governor | |||
| Guillaume Pot de Rhodes | Official of the French court and first Grand Master of Ceremonies in France | |||
| Hans Poetzlinger | Renaissance sculptor | |||
| Ostilio Ricci | Italian mathematician of the early modern period | |||
| François Viète | French lawyer and mathematician | |||
| Wangchug Dorje | Tibetan ninth lama in the Karmapas incarnation | |||
| Johann Wanning | Kapellmeister and composer in Gdansk | |||
| Sebald de Weert | Dutch navigator | |||
| Joos van Winghe | Dutch painter |