Nekrolog 1616
This is a list of famous people who died in 1616 . 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 5th | Adam Theodor Siber | German literary scholar, rhetorician and linguist | 52 | |
| 6th January | Philip Henslowe | English theater director | ||
| January 14th | Theodor Riphan | German theologian, auxiliary bishop in Cologne | ||
| 15. January | Simeon Bekbulatowitsch | Ruler of Russia (1575–1576) | ||
| January 16 | Martin Aichmann | German lawyer and theologian | 65 | |
| January 18th | Karl | Prince von Arenberg, officer and diplomat in Spanish service | 65 | |
| January 20th | Melchior Eckhart | German Protestant theologian | 60 | |
| January 24th | Julius Adolph von Sons | Editor of the second oldest German-language newspaper, the "Aviso, Relation or Zeitung" |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 4th | Samuel Pallache | Jewish-Moroccan merchant, diplomat and pirate | ||
| 13th February | Anders Sørensen Vedel | Danish historian and humanist | 73 | |
| February 17th | Pierre de Gondi | French bishop and cardinal of Italian descent | ||
| February 18 | Maximilian Ernst of Austria | Archduke Prince of Austria, coadjutor of the German Masters | 32 | |
| 21st of February | Jakob Bording | Chancellor of the Duke of Mecklenburg, advisor to the Danish kings and mayor of Lübeck | 69 | |
| 21st of February | Alphons Rodriguez | Spanish priest, Jesuit | ||
| February 23 | Matthia Ferrabosco | Italian composer and singer | ||
| February 28 | Vincent Fettmilch | Leader of the fat milk revolt | ||
| February 28 | Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł | Polish-Lithuanian pilgrim, author, cartographer and donor | 66 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March | Matthias de L'Obel | Botanist and personal physician to James I of England | ||
| 6th March | Francis Beaumont | English playwright | ||
| 7th March | David Meder | German pastor | ||
| 8th of March | Maria Anna of Bavaria | Princess of Bavaria and by marriage Archduchess of Austria | 41 | |
| March, 20th | Augustin Haffner | Mayor of Vienna | ||
| 26th of March | Matthew Tympius | Rector of the Osnabrück Cathedral School | ||
| March 31 | Johann Adolf | Prince-Bishop of Lübeck (1586–1607) and Bishop, Bremen and Hamburg (1585–1596) and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1590–1616) | 41 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th April | Jacob Lucius the Younger | German printer and newspaper publisher | ||
| 17th April | Philipp Heilbronner | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian | 69 | |
| April 19th | Hans von Haim | Upper Austrian governor | 72 | |
| 20th of April | Peter Hartenbeck | German coin engraver (die cutter) and medalist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods | ||
| April 23 | Miguel de Cervantes | Spanish writer | 68 | |
| April 23 | Inca Garcilaso de la Vega | Peruvian poet and writer | ||
| April 27 | Claude Chastillon | French architect, topographer and engraver |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.May | Joost Balbian | Alchemist | 72 | |
| May 3rd | William Shakespeare | English playwright, poet and actor | ||
| May 4th | Magdalena of Brandenburg | Landgrave of Hessen-Darmstadt | 34 | |
| 12th of May | Urban Pierius | German Lutheran theologian, professor, superintendent, general superintendent | ||
| May 22 | Hieronymus Hornschuch | Author of the oldest surviving textbook for proofreaders | ||
| May 24th | Margaret Russell | English noblewoman and alchemist | 55 | |
| 25. May | Filippo Spinelli | Nuncio and Cardinal | ||
| May | Thomas Parry | English diplomat and member of parliament |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1st | Tokugawa Ieyasu | japanese unifier of feudal japan | 73 | |
| June 1st | Johann Wolff | German medic | ||
| June 10th | Paolo Antonio Foscarini | Italian theologian and astronomer | ||
| June 11th | Johannes Wanckel | German historian | 63 | |
| June 13th | Rudolf von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | Prince of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, Bishop of Halberstadt | 13 | |
| 20th June | Erpold Lindenbrog | Hamburg notary and historian | ||
| 25th June | Joachim Drenckhan | German educator and rector in Stralsund | ||
| June 30th | Sebastian Abesser | electoral and princely Saxon master game and hunter master | 57 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd July | Bernardino Realino | Italian Jesuit and saint | 85 | |
| 7th of July | Anna of Württemberg | Duchess of Ohlau, Wohlau and Liegnitz | 55 | |
| July 12 | Anton von Randow | Captain of the offices of Alvensleben (today Bebertal), Dreileben and Wanzleben | 50 | |
| July 13th | Peter Tilicki | catholic bishop | ||
| 16th of July | Hans Keesebrod | German builder | ||
| 20th of July | Aodh Mór Ó Néill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone | Irish head of the clan | ||
| July 25th | Andreas Libavius | Scholar | ||
| July 28th | Adrien d'Amboise | Bishop of Tréguier | ||
| 29th of July | Tang Xianzu | Chinese civil servant, playwright and poet | 65 | |
| 30th July | Michael Philipp Beuther | Reformed theologian, general superintendent of the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken | 52 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd August | Hans Meinhard von Schönberg | Feldobrister and Hofmeister of Elector Friedrich V of the Palatinate | 33 | |
| August 7th | Wilhelm von Efferen | Bishop of Worms (1604–1616) | ||
| August 7th | Scipione Gentili | Italian lawyer | ||
| 8th August | Cornelis Ketel | Dutch painter and sculptor | 68 | |
| August 14th | Helisäus Röslin | German medic, astrologer, chronologist and geographer | 71 | |
| August 23 | Hans von Schweinichen | German Liegnitz court marshal and autobiographical writer | 64 | |
| August 30th | Philipp Wilhelm von Cornberg | Progenitor of the barons of Cornberg | 63 | |
| August 30th | Johannes von den Driesch | German canon and civil lawyer |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 4th | Johan Brambach | Council secretary, council syndicate and canon in Lübeck | ||
| 13.september | Anna Fugger | Swabian nobles | ||
| 13.september | Heinrich Hagemeister | Mayor of Stralsund | ||
| September 29th | Karl Ludwig zu Sulz | Landgrave of Klettgau, Imperial Feldzeugmeister and military leader in the Turkish Wars | 56 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2nd | Ernestus Hettenbach | German physicist and physician | 64 | |
| October 10th | Mary of Orange-Nassau | Daughter of Prince Wilhelm I of Orange-Nassau, Countess of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein | 60 | |
| October 13th | Georg Schweickhard | German university rector and vicar general | ||
| October 14th | Martin Brenner | Catholic prince-bishop of the diocese of Seckau | 67 | |
| October 22nd | Johann Jakob Haug | City doctor in Heilbronn and university professor | 49 | |
| 23rd October | Richard Hakluyt | English geographer | ||
| 23rd October | Leonhard Hutter | German Lutheran theologian | 53 | |
| October 27 | Johann Richter | German mathematician |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3rd | Agnes Hedwig von Anhalt | Wife of Elector August of Saxony | 43 | |
| 14th November | Johannes Krabbe | German cartographer of the early modern period |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th of December | Diogo de Couto | Portuguese historian | ||
| 10th of December | Georg Leopold Fuhrmann | German printer, music publisher, bookseller, engraver and lutenist | ||
| December 26th | Georg Thurzo | Palatine Hill of Hungary | 49 | |
| December 31 | Oswald Gabelkover | German doctor, heraldist and historian | 77 | |
| December | Jacob Le Maire | Dutch navigator and explorer |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guillaume de Baillou | French doctor and founder of modern epidemiology | |||
| Jacques Bellange | Lorraine painter and draftsman | |||
| Hermann Ebel | German organist | |||
| Jean Fayen | French doctor, poet and cartographer | |||
| Paulus Freudenlechner | Mastersingers | |||
| Zacharias filling sack | German trombonist, composer and lutenist | |||
| Gortzius Geldorp | Dutch painter | |||
| Christoph von Gemmingen | Provost in Augsburg | |||
| Johann Zbinco von Hasenburg | Bohemian lawyer, scholar and author | |||
| Thomas Helwys | Co-founder of the Baptists and early champion of religious freedom | |||
| Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann | German master sculptor and stonemason | |||
| Samuel Holzach | Swiss doctor and professor | |||
| Johann Lange | German organ builder | |||
| Erich Lassota von Steblau | German officer | |||
| Meir Lublin | Polish rabbi, Talmudist and Posek | |||
| Jean Mazuel | French violinist | |||
| Kuzma Minin | Russian merchant | |||
| Hans von Nikerke | Estonian landowner, quartermaster and district administrator | |||
| Vincenzo Scamozzi | Italian architect and architectural theorist | |||
| Julius Sparhawk | German alchemist and Rosicrucian | |||
| Johann Steffens | German composer and organist | |||
| Zuzana Vojířová from Vacovice | bohemian nobles | |||
| Francisco Tito Yupanqui | Catholic Aymara, wood carver | |||
| Lazarus Zetzner | German publisher and printer |