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[[File:Sziszeki csata (1593).JPG|thumb|200px|[[June 22]]: [[Battle of Sisak]]]]
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== Events ==
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=== January–March ===
* [[January 25]] &ndash; Siamese King [[Naresuan]], in combat on elephant back, kills Burmese Crown Prince [[Mingyi Swa]] on Monday, Moon 2 Waning day 2, Year of the Dragon, [[Chulasakarat]] 954, reckoned as corresponding to [[January 25]], 1593, of the Gregorian calendar, and commemorated as [[Public holidays in Thailand#Other national observances|Royal Thai Armed Forces Day]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/thailand-drops-charges-against-historian-facts-duel-180967881/#:~:text=In%201593%2C%20after%20a%20bitter,liberation%20story%20to%20the%20country |title=Thailand Drops Charges Against Historian Who Questioned the Facts Around Historic 16th-Century Duel |last=Katz |first=Brigit |date=2018 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] &ndash; The [[Roman Inquisition]] opens the seven-year trial of scholar [[Giordano Bruno]].
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Battle of Piatka|Battle of Piątek]]: Polish forces led by [[Janusz Ostrogski]] are victorious.<ref>{{cite book|author=Paweł Jasienica|title=The Commonwealth of Both Nations: The Silver Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7YmAQAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=American Institute of Polish Culture|isbn=978-0-87052-394-6|page=156|language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Siege of Pyongyang (1593)]]: A Japanese invasion is defeated in Pyongyang by a combined force of Korean and Ming troops.<ref>Kenneth M.  Swope, ''A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592–1598'' (University of Oklahoma Press, 2009) p.156</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Battle of Haengju]]: [[Joseon|Korea]] defeats [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kenneth B. Lee|author2=Kong-bok Yi|title=Korea and East Asia: The Story of a Phoenix|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XrZQs-6KswMC&pg=PA102|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-95823-7|pages=102|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 7]] (February 25 [[Old Style]]) &ndash; The [[Uppsala Synod]] discontinues; the [[Liturgical Struggle]] between the [[Swedish Reformation]] and Counter-Reformation ends in Sweden.
* [[March 14]] &ndash; The [[Pi Day]], giving the most digits of [[pi]] when written in ''mm/dd/yyyy'' format, (i.e. 3.141593, 3/14/1593) occurs, as realized later. During 1593 Flemish mathematician [[Adriaan van Roomen]] is working on the most accurate calculation of pi up to that time and arrives at 16 decimal places of pi using the [[Pi#Polygon approximation era|polygon approximation method]]), and publishes it in his treatise ''Ideae mathematicae pars prima'' (Antverpiae, 1593).<ref>"[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7927718/?page=7|Medicine and Mathematics in the Sixteenth Century]", by David Eugene Smith, in ''Annals of Medical History'' (July 1917) p.131</ref>

=== April–June ===
* [[April 10]] &ndash; The English Parliament enacts a law for the first military disability pension in British history, titled "An Acte for relief of Soudiours". The Act states that "forasmuch as it is agreeable with Christian Charity Policy and the Honour of our Nation, that such as have since the 25th day of March 1588, adventured their lives and lost their limbs or disabled their bodies, or shall hereafter adventure the lives, lose their limbs or disable their bodies, in defence and service of Her Majesty and the State, should at their return be relieved and rewarded to the end that they may reap the fruit of their good deservings, and others may be encouraged to perform like endeavors..."<ref>''Papers Illustrative of the Origin and Early History of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea'' (Antiposi Verlag, 2023, reprint of 1872) p.5</ref>
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)|Anglo-Spanish War]]: Naval [[Battle of Blaye]] in the [[Gironde estuary]] sees a Spanish victory over the blockading English fleet, allowing the Spanish to relieve the French Catholic garrison of [[Blaye]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jean-Claude|last=Castex|title=Dictionnaire des Batailles navales franco-anglaises|publisher=Les Éditions du Phare-Ouest|year=2012|isbn=9782921668194|page=59}}</ref>
* After April &ndash; [[William Shakespeare]]'s poem ''[[Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)|Venus and Adonis]]'' probably becomes his first published work, printed in London from his own manuscript. In his lifetime it will be his most frequently reprinted work: at least nine times.<ref name=cocel>{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm}}</ref>
* [[May 5]] &ndash; "Dutch church libel" bills posted in [[London]] threaten Protestant refugees from France and the Netherlands, alluding to [[Christopher Marlowe]]'s plays.
* [[May 12]] &ndash; English dramatist [[Thomas Kyd]] is arrested over the "Dutch church libel". "[[Atheist]]" literature found in his home is claimed to be Marlowe's.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/ELRv3n1p44 |title=Marlowe, Kyd, and the Dutch Church Libel |last=Freeman |first=Arthur |journal=English Literary Renaissance |date=1973 |volume=3 |pages=44–52 |publisher=University of Chicago |doi=10.1086/ELRv3n1p44 |s2cid=151720064 |access-date=March 13, 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[May 18]] &ndash; A warrant for the arrest of [[Christopher Marlowe]] is issued. On [[May 20]] he presents himself to the [[Privy Council]].
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Christopher Marlowe]] is stabbed to death in a dispute over a bill at a lodging house in [[Deptford]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Leslie|last=Hotson|author-link=John Leslie Hotson|title=The Death of Christopher Marlowe|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.75347|location=London|publisher=Nonesuch Press|year=1925}}</ref>
* [[June 7]] &ndash; Battle of [[Salbertrand]] in Piedmont: Victory of [[François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières]], over the Spanish of Rodrigue Alvarez of Toledo, allies of [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Théodore|last=Bèze|title=Correspondance. Tome '''XXXIV''', 1593|publisher=Librairie Droz|year=2010|isbn=9782600314688|page=165}}</ref>
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sisak]] in [[Croatia]]: The [[Habsburgs]] defeat the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Branka Magaš|title=Croatia Through History: The Making of a European State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OY5pAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Saqi|isbn=978-0-86356-775-9|page=95}}</ref>

=== July–September ===
* [[July 25]] &ndash; As he promised in January, [[Henry IV of France]] abjures [[Protestantism]] at the [[Basilica of Saint-Denis]].<ref name="Le Roux">{{cite book|first=Nicolas|last=Le Roux|title=La Faveur du Roi: Mignons et courtisans au temps des derniers valois (vers 1547–vers 1589)|date=May 13, 2013|publisher=Éditions Champ Vallon|isbn=9782876737518}}</ref> Legend attributes to him the saying ''Paris vaut bien une messe'' ("[[Paris is well worth a mass]]").<ref>{{cite book|first=Daniel|last=Lacotte|title=Les Mots célèbres de l'histoire|publisher=Albin Michel|year=2016|isbn=9782226379887}}</ref>
* [[July 29]] &ndash; The [[Long War (Ottoman wars)|Long War]] breaks out in Hungary between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans.
* [[August 3]] &ndash; Poland's council of nobles, the Sejm, grants permission to King [[Sigismund III Vasa]] and his wife, [[Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland|Queen consort Anne]], to travel to Sweden to claim the Swedish crown. 
* [[August 24]] &ndash; After losing the [[Battle of Sisak]] two months earlier, the Ottoman Empire attacks the Austrian fortress guarding the city and breaks through its walls with cannon fire, forcing its surrender on August 30.
* [[September 10]] &ndash; With no fortress or troops to defend Croatia, Ottoman General Mehmed Pasha captures the city of [[Sisak]]. Selânikî Mustafa Efendi, ''Tarih-i Selânikî'' (Türk Tarih Kurumu, 1999)

=== October–December ===
* [[October 11]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Belleek]] takes place at [[County Fermanagh]] in [[Ireland]] as an English expeditionary force led by [[Henry Bagenal]] defeats Irish troops commanded by the [[Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh)|Lord of Fermanagh]].
* [[October 24]] &ndash; Supposed date of the event described in the [[1593 transported soldier legend]].
* [[October 28]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Coevorden (1593)|Siege of Coevorden]] begins as the Spanish Army attempts to retake a fortress captured a year earlier by the Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of England.<ref>Mark C. Fissel, ''English Warfare, 1511–1642; Warfare and History''. London: Routledge, 2001) p.183 After being halted by winter weather, the Spanish resume the siege in March but abandon it by May 6.</ref>  
* [[November 27]] &ndash; [[Antonio Grimaldi Cebà]] begins a two-year term as the new [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]], succeeding [[Giovanni Agostino Giustiniani Campi|Giovanni Giustiniani Campi]].
* [[December 6]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Dryfe Sands]] takes place in [[Scotland]] at [[Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway|Annandale]], between rival [[Scottish clan|clans]] as [[John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell|John Maxwell]] leads [[Clan Maxwell]], aided by [[Clan Grierson]] and [[Clan Pollock]], in an invasion of the lands of [[Clan Johnstone]], led by Sir James Johnstone. With their defense aided by [[Clan Scott]] and [[Clan Graham]], the Johnstone clan wins the battle, but only 160 of the 600 defenders survive the fight.<ref name="Hewinson">{{cite book |last=Hewinson |first=James King |year=1912 |title=Dumfriesshire |url=https://archive.org/details/dumfriesshire00hewi |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/dumfriesshire00hewi/page/93 93]}}</ref> 
* [[December 27]] &ndash; Spanish Jesuit priest [[Gregorio Céspedes]] becomes the first Christian missionary to Korea, arriving at [[Busan]] to begin his ministry in the Buddhist kingdom of [[Joseon]]. Céspedes is able to enter Korea by coming with the [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)|Japanese invasion force]] of General [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]].<ref>Donald F. Lach, ''Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume I: The Century of Discovery'' (University of Chicago Press, 2008) p.721</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Mihai Viteazul]] becomes prince of [[Walachia]].
* [[Robert Bellarmine]]'s ''[[Disputationes de Controversiis|Disputationes de Controversiis Christianae Fidei adversus hujus temporis Haereticos]]'' concludes publication in [[Ingolstadt]].
* [[Henry Constable]]'s ''Spirituall Sonnettes'' are written.<ref>[[British Library]] [[Harleian Library|Harley]] MS 7553.</ref>
* The parish of [[Laukaa]] was founded.<ref>[https://www.laukaa.fi/asukkaat/kunta-ja-paatoksenteko/tietoa-laukaasta/#aaf14686 Tietoa Laukaasta] – Laukaa.fi (in Finnish)</ref>
* Khwaja Usman takes shelter in [[Goyghor Mosque]] after the Afghan rebellion against the [[Subahdar]] of [[Bengal Subah|Mughal Bengal]], [[Man Singh I]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Khwaja Usman|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Khwaja_Usman|publisher=Banglapedia|access-date=23 September 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* Irish pirate queen [[Grace O'Malley]] meets with Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]] at [[Greenwich]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chambers|first=Anne|title=Ireland's Pirate Queen: The True Story of Grace O'Malley|location=New York|publisher=MJF Books|year=2003|isbn=978-1-56731-858-6|edition=2nd|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/irelandspiratequ0000cham}}</ref>
* c. 1593–[[1604]] &ndash; According to [[John Warwick Montgomery]], the Rosicrucian manifestos are initially composed by [[Tobias Hess]], in anticipation of the opening of the vault in [[1604]], according to [[Simon Studion]]'s apocalyptic timetable.
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== Births ==

===January&ndash;June===
[[File:Br%C3%A9buef-jesuits04jesuuoft.jpg|thumbnail|110px|right|Saint [[Jean de Brebeuf]]]]
[[File:Catherine De Medici, Governor of Siena.jpg|thumbnail|110px|right|[[Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena]]]]
[[File:Card Cesare Monti.jpg|thumbnail|110px|right|[[Cesare Monti]]]]
[[File:1593 Elisabeth.jpg|thumbnail|110px|right|[[Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg]]]]
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Sun Chuanting]], Ming Dynasty general (d. [[1643]])
* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Prince Maurice of Savoy]], Catholic cardinal and Prince of Savoy (d. [[1657]])
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Louis de Nogaret de La Valette]], French Catholic Cardinal (d. [[1639]])
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford]], English noble (d. [[1625]])
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg]], German Catholic cardinal (d. [[1661]])
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Georges de La Tour]], French Baroque painter (d. [[1652]])
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Jean de La Haye]], French preacher and biblical scholar (d. [[1661]])
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Johann Ulrich Steigleder]], German composer (d. [[1635]])
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Jean de Brébeuf]], French Jesuit missionary who travelled to Canada in [[1625]] (d. [[1649]])
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Mumtaz Mahal]], Queen of India (d. [[1631]])
* [[April 3]] &ndash; [[George Herbert]], Welsh-born English poet (d. [[1633]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Amy Marie Charles|title=A Life of George Herbert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09taAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-1014-7|page=15|language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Edward Nicholas]], English statesman (d. [[1669]])
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Martyn]], English politician (d. [[1653]])
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford]], English statesman (d. [[1641]])
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet]], English politician (d. [[1647]])
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Jérôme Lalemant]], French Jesuit priest and missionary to Canada (d. [[1673]])
* [[May 2]]
** [[John Forbes (1593–1648)|John Forbes]], Scottish theologian (d. [[1648]])
** [[Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena]], Italian princess (d. [[1629]])
* [[May 5]] &ndash; [[Cesare Monti]], Italian cardinal, Archbishop of Milan (d. [[1650]])
* [[May 19]]
** [[Jacob Jordaens]], Flemish painter (d. [[1678]])
** [[Claude Vignon]], French painter (d. [[1670]])
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Richard Knightley (died 1639)|Richard Knightley]], English politician (d. [[1639]])
* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[George I Rákóczi]], Hungarian prince of Transylvania (d. [[1648]])
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet]], Parliamentarian politician and military figure in the English Civil War (d. [[1671]])
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg]] (d. [[1650]])
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Abraham von Franckenberg]], German writer (d. [[1652]])

===July&ndash;December===
[[File:Wilhelm I von Baden.jpg|thumbnail|100px|right|[[William, Margrave of Baden-Baden]]]]
[[File:Sixtinus Amama.jpg|thumbnail|100px|right|[[Sixtinus Amama]]]]
[[File:Liborius Wagner.jpg|thumbnail|100px|right|[[Liborius Wagner]]]]
* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Achille d'Étampes de Valençay]], Knight of Malta (d. [[1646]])
* [[July 8]]
** [[Artemisia Gentileschi]], Italian painter (d. [[1656]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=R. Ward Bissell|author2=Roger Ward Bissell|title=Artemisia Gentileschi and the Authority of Art: Critical Reading and Catalogue Raisonné|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJPqAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|isbn=978-0-271-01787-7|page=2|language=en}}</ref>
** [[Peter Sainthill (MP for Tiverton)|Peter Sainthill]], English politician (d. [[1648]])
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Henry Ernest, Count of Stolberg]], then count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg (d. [[1672]])
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[William, Margrave of Baden-Baden]] (1596–1677) (d. [[1677]])
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Izaak Walton]], English writer (d. [[1683]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=James Vinson|author2=D. L. Kirkpatrick|title=Novelists and Prose Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1oEjAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-333-25292-5|page=1250|language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Brewster (colonist)|Jonathan Brewster]], American settler (d. [[1659]])
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Noël Juchereau]], Quebec pioneer (d. [[1648]])
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Orazio Riminaldi]], Italian painter (d. [[1630]])
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Toyotomi Hideyori]], Japanese nobleman (d. [[1615]])
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Gottfried Scheidt]], German composer (d. [[1661]])
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Matthäus Merian|A. Matthäus Merian]], Swiss cartographer (d. [[1650]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Francis Osborne]], English writer (d. [[1659]])
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Jobst Herman, Count of Schaumburg]] (d. [[1635]])
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Nicolaes Tulp]], Dutch anatomist and politician (d. [[1674]])
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[Sixtinus Amama]], Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist (d. [[1629]])
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Michael Warton (died 1645)|Michael Warton]], English politician (d. [[1645]])
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Christoffer Urne]], Governor General of Norway (d. [[1663]])
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Abel Servien]], French diplomat (d. [[1659]])
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Alain de Solminihac]], French bishop and beatified person (d. [[1659]])
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Liborius Wagner]], German Roman Catholic priest (d. [[1631]])
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Sir William Airmine, 1st Baronet]], English politician (d. [[1651]])
* [[December 12]]
** [[Adam Christian Agricola]], German Evangelical preacher (d. [[1645]])
** [[Nathaniel Bacon (English politician)|Nathaniel Bacon]], English politician (d. [[1660]])

===Date unknown===
* [[Leonardo Agostini]], Italian antiquary (d. [[1685]])
* [[Louis Barbier]], French bishop (d. [[1670]])
* [[Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford]] (d. [[1641]])
* [[Claudia Rusca]], Italian composer, singer, and organist (d. [[1676]])
* [[Mervyn Tuchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven]] (d. [[1631]])
* [[Anthony van Diemen]], Dutch merchant (d. [[1645]])
* [[Jerónimo Lobo]], Portuguese Jesuit missionary (d. [[1678]])
* [[Mikołaj Ostroróg]], Polish nobleman (d. [[1651]])
* Sir [[George Radcliffe (politician)|George Radcliffe]], English politician (d. [[1657]])
* [[Kimura Shigenari]], Japanese samurai (d. [[1615]])
* [[Giovanni Battista Pacetti]], Italian painter (d. [[1630]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:Emperor Ogimachi3.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Emperor Ogimachi]]]]
[[File:Christopher Marlowe.jpg|thumb|right|110px|The ''[[Marlowe portrait]]'', often claimed to be [[Christopher Marlowe]], playwright]]
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Mingyi Swa]], Burmese crown prince (b. [[1558]])
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Scipione Gonzaga]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1542]])
* [[February 6]]
** [[Jacques Amyot]], French writer (b. [[1513]])
** [[Emperor Ōgimachi]] of Japan (b. [[1517]])
* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[Paul Luther]], German scientist (b. [[1533]])
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Henry Barrowe]], English Puritan and separatist (b. [[1550]])
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[John Greenwood (Puritan)|John Greenwood]], English Puritan and separatist (hanged) (b. [[1556]])
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[William Harrison (priest)|William Harrison]], English clergyman (b. [[1534]])
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[John Penry]], Welsh Protestant (hanged) (b. [[1559]])<ref>{{cite book|author=John Penry|title=The Notebook of John Penry, 1593|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BBRnAAAAMAAJ|year=1944|publisher=Offices of the Royal Historical Society|page=vii}}</ref>
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Christopher Marlowe]], English poet and playwright (murdered) (b. [[1564]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=British Museum. Department of Printed Books. King's Library|author2=William Shakespeare|author3=Christopher Marlowe|title=William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, and Christopher Marlowe, 1564-1593: An Exhibition of Books, Manuscripts, and Other Illustrative Material Held in the King's Library of the British Museum, 23 April to 12 July, 1964|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tbf3cquSsXYC|year=1964|publisher=British Museum|page=4}}</ref>
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Katarina Bengtsdotter Gylta]], Swedish abbess  (b. [[1520]])
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Michele Mercati]], Italian physician and botanist (b. [[1541]])
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Min Phalaung]], Burmese monarch (b. [[1535]])
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Arcimboldo]], Italian painter (b. [[1526]])
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Andreas von Auersperg]], Carniolan noble and military commander in the battle of Sisak (b. [[1556]])
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby]], English nobleman, diplomat and politician (b. [[1531]])
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas]], Spanish colonial administrator (murdered) (b. [[1519]])
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg]] (b. [[1537]])
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Hans Bol]], Flemish artist (b. [[1534]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Chŏng Ch'ŏl]], Korean administrator and poet (b. [[1536]])
** [[Krzysztof Kosiński]], Polish noble (b. [[1545]])
** [[Li Shizhen]], Chinese physician, pharmacologist, and mineralogist (b. [[1518]])

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