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[[File:Slag bij Nieuwpoort.jpg|thumb|250px|[[July 2]]: Dutch Republic defeats Kingdom of Spain in the [[Battle of Nieuwpoort]].]]

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{{Year article header|1600}} The year 1600 was the end of the 16th century and the start of the 17th century. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the first century leap year and the last until the year [[2000]].

==Events==
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=== January–March ===
* [[January 1]] – [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] adopts January 1 as [[New Year's Day]] instead of March 25.
* [[January 20]] – [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]], renews the [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)]] against England with an invasion of [[Munster]].<ref>''Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters as translated into English by Owen Connellan'', ed. by Michael O'Clery (Irish Genealogical Foundation, 2003) p. 666</ref><ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/238|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/238 238–243]}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] – [[Sebald de Weert]] makes the first recorded sighting of the [[Falkland Islands]].<ref>''Falkland Islands: Report for 1924'' (His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1926) p. 3</ref>
* [[February 17]] – On his way to be burned at the stake for [[Heresy in Christianity|heresy]] in Rome, [[Giordano Bruno]] has his tongue "imprisoned" after he refuses to stop talking.<ref name="Gatti">{{cite book|author=Hilary Gatti|title=Giordano Bruno: Philosopher of the Renaissance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nz0FAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=978-0-7546-0562-1|page=7}}</ref>
* [[February 19]] – The [[Huaynaputina]] [[volcano]] in [[Peru]] erupts, in what is still the worst recorded volcanic eruption.
* [[March 20]] – [[Linköping Bloodbath]]: Five Swedish nobles are publicly executed by [[decapitation]] and [[Polish–Swedish union|Polish–Swedish]] King [[Sigismund III Vasa]] is ''de facto'' deposed as ruler of [[Sweden]].

=== April–June ===
* [[April 19]] – The first [[Netherlands|Dutch]] ship ever to arrive in [[Japan]], the ''Liefde'' ("Love"), anchors in [[Sashifu]], in the [[Bungo Province]] (modern-day [[Usuki, Ōita|Usuki]] in [[Ōita Prefecture]]). The sailors present on this ship are [[William Adams (pilot)|William Adams]], [[Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn]], [[Jacob Quaeckernaeck]] and [[Melchior van Santvoort]].
* [[May 27]] – [[Michael the Brave]] becomes ruler of [[Wallachia]], [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Transylvania]] and [[Moldavia]], formally uniting the three [[Danubian Principalities]] under one Romanian ruler.
* [[June 5]] – [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], the former [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] and [[Chancellor of the University of Dublin]], is put on trial in England before a commission of 18 men, after being charged with malfeasance. He is deprived of his main business, a monopoly on sweet wines, and stripped of his noble title. In revenge, he attempts to organize [[Essex's Rebellion|a coup d'etat]] to overthrow Queen Elizabeth and fails in his plot.
* [[June 9]] – Yi Hang-bok becomes the new [[Yeonguijeong|Chief State Councillor of Korea]] (the ''Yeonguijeong''), equivalent to a prime minister, after being appointed by [[Seonjo of Joseon|King Seonjo]] to replace [[Yi San-hae]].
* [[June 13]] – Barrister [[Nicholas Fuller (lawyer)|Nicholas Fuller]] is granted the exclusive right in England to manufacture [[playing card]]s.<ref>""Nicholas Fuller and the Liberties of the Subject", by Stephen Wright, ''Journal of Parliamentary History'' (2006) p.180</ref>
* [[June 25]] – In England, a fire destroys much of the town of [[North Walsham]], [[Norfolk]], burning down 118 homes, 70 shops, and most of the stalls in the [[market square]]. The fire is traced to the home of one person who tries to flee town after the blaze begins. Many of the persons left homeless are given shelter at the [[St Nicholas Church, North Walsham|St Nicholas Church]].

=== July–September ===
* [[July 2]] – [[Eighty Years' War]] (Dutch War of Independence) &ndash; [[Battle of Nieuwpoort]]: The [[Dutch Republic]] gains a tactical victory over the [[Spanish Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1600 |title=Historical Events for Year 1600 &#124; OnThisDay.com |website=Historyorb.com |access-date=2018-04-05}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] – The brothers [[Alexander Ruthven]] and [[John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie]], are killed during a failed attempt to kidnap or murder [[James VI and I|King James VI of Scotland]] at their home.
* [[September 18]] – The [[Battle of Mirăslău]] takes place within Transylvania as Hungarian troops, backed by the Holy Roman Empire, triumph over the Principality of Wallachia, backed by Poland. Hungarian General [[Giorgio Basta]] brings 30,000 men against the 22,000 commanded by Wallachia's ruler Michael the Brave. The Wallachians sustain more than 5,000 dead and wounded.
* [[September 24]] – All 130 crew of the Dutch Republic ship ''[[Hoop (East Indiaman)|Hoop]]'' die when the merchantman sinks in a storm while traveling in the Pacific Ocean between the Hawaiian Islands and Japan.<ref name="ASM">{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?182297 |title=Hoop |publisher=Archeosousmarine |date=24 September 2015 |accessdate=24 September 2015}}</ref> The ''Liefde'', a ship accompanying Hoop, is badly damaged but survives; all but 24 of its crew of more than 100 die from starvation and thirst after drifting more than six months before arriving in Japan on April 19, 1601.

=== October–December ===
* [[October 6]] – The première of [[Jacopo Peri]]'s ''[[Euridice (Peri)|Euridice]]'', the earliest known fully surviving work of modern opera, takes place in [[Florence]] for the wedding of [[Henry IV of France]] and [[Marie de' Medici]]. [[Emilio de' Cavalieri]] stages the production.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Glenn Paton|title=Italian Arias of the Baroque and Classical Eras: High|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDy-RgkSf8UC&pg=PA10|year=1994|publisher=Alfred Music Publishing|isbn=978-0-7390-2191-0|pages=10|language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] – The basic [[constitution of San Marino|legal system]] for the Republic of [[San Marino]] goes into effect during the service of [[List of captains regent of San Marino, 1500–1700|captains regent]] Girolamo Gozi and Francesco Giannini. 
* [[October 20]] – [[Persian embassy to Europe (1599–1602)|Persian diplomats]], led by Husayn 'Ali Beg of Persia, and Englishman [[Anthony Shirley]] (who serves as translator) arrive in [[Prague]] to meet with [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]].<ref name=Sherley>("Dispatch of 23rd October, 1600: On the 20th the two ambassadors from Persia made their entry here; one is an Englishman called, as I understand, he is the principal Ambassador, and the other is a Persian called Assan Halevech; there are about twenty or twenty-five persons with them...") contemporary account, quoted in ''Sir Anthony Sherley and His Persian Adventure'', ed by Edward D. Ross (RoutledgeCurzon, 2005) p. 23–24</ref>
* [[October 21]] – The [[Battle of Sekigahara]] occurs in what is now present-day [[Gifu Prefecture]], [[Japan]], where the Eastern Army led by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] emerges victorious against the Western Army led by [[Ishida Mitsunari]]. The battle ends the [[Sengoku period]] and grants the [[Tokugawa clan]] nominal control over Japan, establishing the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] with Tokugawa Ieyasu as [[shogun]].
* [[November 7]] – [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Rudolf II]] grants an audience in [[Prague]] to Persian diplomats Husayn 'Ali Beg and Anthony Shirley, and present the offer of Persia's King [[Abbas the Great]] to supply weapons to the Empire in their fight against the Ottomans.<ref name=Sherley/><ref>("Dispatch of November 8th, 1600: "Yesterday these Ambassadors from the King of Persia had had an audience. The Englishman spoke in Spanish, and the substance of that King's offer to His Imperial Majesty was that he would arm against the Turk...")</ref>
* [[November 15]] – [[Thessaly rebellion (1600)|Thessaly rebellion]]: Greek farmers in Thessaly, incited by Bishop [[Dionysios Skylosophos]], begin an uprising against the [[Ottoman Empire]], with violence in an area bounded by [[Trikala]] and [[Karditsa]] and the surrounding mountains, but the rebellion is suppressed by the Ottomans in a few days.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180907115517/https://www.tanea.gr/2000/08/17/grece/dionysios-o-filosofos-mitropolitis-larisis/ "Dionysios the Philosopher, Metropolitan of Larissa"], by Georgios Ploumidis, in ''[[Ta Nea]] (Athens)'', August 17, 2000, archived by Archive.org
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* [[December 31]] – The [[East India Company]] is granted a [[Royal charter]] in the [[Kingdom of England]] for trade with Asia.

=== Date unknown ===
* Approximate date – The Lutheran orthodox campaign intensifies, to reinforce the ''[[Book of Concord]]''.
* [[Caister Castle]] in England falls into ruin.
* [[Sumo]] wrestling becomes a professional sport in [[Japan]].
* [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays ''[[Henry IV, Part 2]]'', ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' and ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' are published in London.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology" />
* [[William Gilbert (astronomer)|William Gilbert]] publishes ''[[De Magnete]]'', one of the first significant scientific books published in England, describing the Earth's [[magnetic field]], and the beginning of modern [[geomagnetism]].
* [[Fabritio Caroso]]'s dance manual ''Nobiltà de dame'' is published.</onlyinclude>

== World population ==
{{Main|List of countries by population in 1600}}

== Births ==
[[File:Arolsen Klebeband 01 183 1.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[John Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Weimar]]]]
[[File:King Charles I after original by van Dyck.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Charles I of England]]]]

=== January–March ===
* [[January 1]] – [[Friedrich Spanheim]], Calvinistic theology professor at the University of Leiden (d. [[1649]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Pedro Calderón de la Barca]], Spanish playwright (d. [[1681]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Pedro Calderón de la Barca|title=Love is No Laughing Matter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_y8DEAAAQBAJ&pg=PR7|year=1986|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-85668-365-7|pages=7}}</ref>
* [[January 22]] – [[Elisabet Juliana Banér]], Swedish noble (d. [[1640]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Alexander Keirincx]], Flemish painter (d. [[1652]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Pope Clement IX]] (d. [[1669]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lvWAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Baker Book House|isbn=978-0-8010-7947-4|page=135|language=en}}</ref>
* [[February]] – [[Edmund Calamy the Elder]], English Presbyterian (d. [[1666]])
* [[February 1]] – [[Johan Evertsen]], Dutch admiral (d. [[1666]])
* [[February 2]] – [[Gabriel Naudé]], French librarian and scholar (d. [[1653]])
* [[February 6]] – [[Matthew Brend]], English landowner (d. [[1659]])
* [[February 9]] – [[Jean-Joseph Surin]], French Jesuit writer (d. [[1665]])
* [[February 24]] – [[Manuel António of Portugal]], Dutch-Portuguese nobleman (d. [[1666]])
* [[February 26]] – [[Matsudaira Norinaga]], Japanese daimyō (d. [[1654]])
* [[March 3]]
** [[George Ghica]], Prince of [[Wallachia]] (d. [[1664]])
** [[Robert Roberthin]], German poet (d. [[1648]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Anders Bille]], Danish general (d. [[1657]])
* [[March 26]] – [[Matthew Marvin, Sr.]], Connecticut settler (d. [[1678]])

=== April–June ===
* [[April 11]] – [[Jacques Buteux]], French missionary (d. [[1652]])
* [[April 13]] – [[Duke Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Altenburg]], colonel in the Saxon Army (d. [[1632]])
* [[April 22]] – [[Alessandro dal Borro]], Austrian field marshal (d. [[1656]])
* [[May 25]] – [[Thomas Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Haddington]], Scottish noble (d. [[1640]])
* [[May 31]] – [[Empress Xiaoduanwen]] of the Qing Dynasty (d. [[1649]])
* [[June 26]]
** [[Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet]], English Royalist leader (baptised;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1604-1629/member/grenville-sir-richard-1600-1659|title=Grenville, Sir Richard (1600–1659), of Fitzford, nr. Tavistock, Devon|website=History of Parliament Online|access-date=21 August 2020}}</ref> d. [[1658]])
** [[Juan de Palafox y Mendoza]], Spanish politician, clergyman (d. [[1659]])
* [[June 29]] – [[Maria Maddalena de' Medici]], Italian princess (d. [[1633]])

=== July–September ===
[[File:Eleonora Marija, meklenbur%C5%A1ka vojvodinja (1652).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eleonore Marie of Anhalt-Bernburg]]]]
* [[July 1]] – [[George Gobat]], French theologian (d. [[1679]])
* [[July 15]] – [[Jan Cossiers]], Flemish painter (d. [[1671]])
* [[July 20]] – [[Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet]], Sheriff of Shropshire (d. [[1659]])
* [[July 22]]
** [[Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 1st Baronet]], English politician (d. [[1657]])
** [[Michel de Marolles]], French translator and churchman (d. [[1681]])
* [[August 7]] – [[Eleonore Marie of Anhalt-Bernburg]], Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (d. [[1657]])
* [[August 16]] – [[Maria Celeste]], Italian nun, daughter of [[Galileo Galilei]] (d. [[1634]])
* [[August 24]] – [[Antoine de Laloubère]], French Jesuit mathematician (d. [[1664]])
* [[August 29]] – [[John Stawell]], English Member of Parliament and governor of [[Taunton]] (d. [[1662]])
* [[September 5]] – [[Loreto Vittori]], Italian singer and composer (d. [[1670]])
* [[September 19]]
** [[Hermann Busenbaum]], German Jesuit theologian (d. [[1668]])
** [[John Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Weimar]] (d. [[1628]])
* [[September 29]] – [[Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet]], English politician (d. [[1645]])
* [[September 30]] – [[Francis Bacon (Ipswich MP)|Francis Bacon]], English politician and Ipswich MP (d. [[1663]])

=== October–December ===
* [[October 1]] – [[Dirk Graswinckel]], Dutch jurist (d. [[1666]])
* [[October 2]] – [[Petronio Veroni]], Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Boiano (1652–1653) (d. [[1653]])
* [[October 4]] – [[Giovanni Paolo Oliva]], Italian Jesuit (d. [[1681]])
* [[November]] – [[John Ogilby]], English writer and cartographer (d. [[1676]])
* [[November 15]] – [[Aniello Falcone]], Italian Baroque painter (d. [[1665]])
* [[November 19]]
** [[Lieuwe van Aitzema]], Dutch historian and statesman (d. [[1669]])
** [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], King of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. [[1649]])<ref>{{cite book|author=David Mathew|title=Scotland Under Charles I.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSNIAAAAMAAJ|year=1955|publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode|isbn=978-7-470-00028-0|page=26}}</ref>
* [[December 12]] – [[Denis of the Nativity]], French sailor and cartographer (d. [[1638]])
* [[December 14]] – [[Anna Magdalene of Hanau]], German countess (d. [[1673]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Selius Marselis]], Dutch/Norwegian tradesman (d. [[1663]])
* [[December 20]] – [[Nicolas Sanson]], French cartographer (d. [[1667]])
* [[December]] – [[Marie de Rohan]], French courtier and political activist (d. [[1679]])

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Marin le Roy de Gomberville]], French poet and novelist (d. [[1674]])
* [[Anna Alojza Ostrogska]], Polish noblewoman (d. [[1654]])
* [[William Prynne]], English Puritan politician (d. [[1669]])
* [[Brian Walton (bishop)|Brian Walton]], English bishop and scholar (d. [[1661]])

=== Probable ===
* [[Martine Bertereau]], French [[mineralogist]]
* [[Jonas Bronck]], Swedish colonist in America (d. [[1643]])
* [[Dud Dudley]], first Englishman to smelt iron ore with coke (d. [[1684]])
* [[Piaras Feiritéar]], Irish language poet (d. [[1653]])
* [[Samuel Hartlib]], British scholar (d. [[1662]])
* [[Claude Lorrain]], French Baroque painter, draughtsman and engraver (d. [[1682]])
* [[Samuel Rutherford]], Scottish theologian and controversialist (d. [[1660]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:Gudiña10.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Sebastian de Aparicio]]]]
[[File:島左近.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Shima Sakon]]]]
[[File:Wenceslas Hollar - Richard Hooker (State 1).jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Richard Hooker]]]]
[[File:Andreas von Österreich Gemälde Brixen.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Margrave Andrew of Burgau]]]]

=== January–March ===
* [[January 9]] – [[John Spencer (died 1600)|John Spencer]], English landowner and politician (b. [[1549]])
* [[January 21]] – [[Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556–1600)|Jerzy Radziwiłł]], Polish–Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic) from the Radziwiłł family (b. [[1556]])
* [[February 9]] – [[John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania]], Protestant Bishop of Cammin (1567–1574) and ruling Duke of Pomerania (1569–1600) (b. [[1542]])
* [[February 15]] – [[José de Acosta]], Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist (b. [[1540]])
* [[February 17]] – [[Giordano Bruno]], Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. [[1548]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans Blumenberg|title=The Legitimacy of the Modern Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmKWuUz4OTgC&pg=PA549|year=1985|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-52105-5|pages=549}}</ref>
* [[February 25]] – [[Sebastian de Aparicio]], Spanish colonial industrialist, [[Roman Catholic]] priest and blessed in Mexico (b. [[1502]])
* [[February 29]] – [[Caspar Hennenberger]], German historian and cartographe (b. [[1529]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Johann Major]], German poet and theologian (b. [[1533]])
* [[March 20]] – [[Gustaf Banér]], Swedish noble (b. [[1547]])
* [[April 1]] – [[Esperanza Malchi]], Ottoman businessperson
* April – [[Thomas Deloney]], English writer (b. [[1543]])

=== April–June ===
* [[May 17]] – [[Thomas Leighton (died 1600)|Thomas Leighton]], English politician (b. [[1554]])
* [[May 18]]
** [[Nicolaus Olai Bothniensis]], Swedish archbishop (b. [[1550]])
** [[Fulvio Orsini]], Italian humanist, historian and archaeologist (b. [[1529]])
* [[May 19]] – [[Abe Masakatsu]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[1541]])
* [[June 3]] – [[Juan Grande Román]], Spanish Catholic saint (b. [[1546]])
* [[June 8]] – [[Edward Fortunatus]], German nobleman (b. [[1565]])
* [[June 25]] – [[David Chytraeus]], German historian and theologian (b. [[1530]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Virginia Brown|author2=James Hankins|author3=Robert A. Kaster|title=Catalogus Translationum Et Commentariorum: Medieval and Renaissance Latin Translations and Commentaries : Annotated Lists and Guides|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=revheH-e0KgC&pg=PA168|date=May 2003|publisher=CUA Press|isbn=978-0-8132-1300-2|pages=168}}</ref>
* [[June 19]] – [[Christopher Layer (merchant)|Christopher Layer]], English politician (b. [[1531]])

=== July–September ===
* [[July 5]] – [[Jean Kincaid]], Scottish murderer (b. [[1579]])
* [[July 7]] – [[Thomas Lucy]], English politician (b. [[1532]])
* [[July 20]] – [[William More (died 1600)|William More]], English courtier (b. [[1520]])
* [[July 27]] – [[John Glanville (judge)|John Glanville]], English politician (b. [[1542]])
* [[August 5]]
** [[Alexander Ruthven]], Scottish earl (b. [[1580]])<ref>{{cite book|author=William Oxenham Hewlett|title=Notes on Dignities in the Peerage of Scotland which are Dormant Or which Have Been Forfeited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5CcwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA135|year=1882|publisher=Wildy and Sons|pages=135}}</ref>
** [[John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie]], Scottish conspirator (b. [[1577]])
** [[Queen Uiin]], Korean royal consort (b. [[1555]])
* [[August 18]] – [[Sebastiano Montelupi]], Italian businessman (b. [[1516]])
* [[August 22]] – [[Nicasius de Sille]], Dutch diplomat (b. [[1543]])
* [[August 25]] – [[Hosokawa Gracia]], Japanese noblewoman (b. [[1563]])
* [[August 27]] – [[Mizuno Tadashige]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[1541]])
* [[September 1]] – [[Tadeáš Hájek]], Czech physician and astronomer (b. [[1525]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Antoine du Verdier]], French politician (b. [[1544]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Alexander Chalmers|title=The General Biographical Dictionary Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U1pMAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA292|year=1816|publisher=J. Nichols|pages=292}}</ref>
* [[September 26]] – [[Claude Le Jeune]], French composer (b. [[1530]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of World Biography: Kilpatrick-Louis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GERAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-7876-2549-8|page=314|language=en}}</ref>

=== October–December ===
* [[October 12]] – [[Luis de Molina]], Spanish Jesuit priest and philosopher (b. [[1535]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Diego Alonso-Lasheras SJ|title=Luis de Molina's De Iustitia et Iure: Justice as Virtue in an Economic Context|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DeN5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|date=11 April 2011|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-20966-4|pages=14}}</ref>
* [[October 16]] – [[Nicolaus Reimers]], German astronomer (b. [[1551]])
* [[October 17]] – [[Cornelis de Jode]], Flemish cartographer, engraver and publisher (b. [[1568]])
* [[October 21]]
** [[Toda Katsushige]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1557]])
** [[Shima Sakon]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1540]])
** [[Shimazu Toyohisa]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1570]])
** [[Ōtani Yoshitsugu]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1558]])
* [[November 3]] – [[Richard Hooker]], English Anglican theologian (b. [[1554]])
* [[November 6]]
** [[Ishida Mitsunari]], Japanese feudal lord (decapitated) (b. [[1560]])
** [[Konishi Yukinaga]], Japanese Christian warlord (b. [[1555]])
* [[November 8]] – [[Natsuka Masaie]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1562]])
* [[November 12]] – [[Margrave Andrew of Burgau]], German nobleman, Cardinal, Bishop of Constance and Brixen (b. [[1558]])
* [[November 15]] – [[Sigmund Fugger von Kirchberg und Weißenhorn]], bishop of Regensburg (b. [[1542]])
* [[November 17]] – [[Kuki Yoshitaka]], Japanese naval commander (b. [[1542]])
* [[November 25]] – [[Juan Téllez-Girón, 2nd Duke of Osuna]], Spanish duke (b. [[1559]])
* [[November 30]] – [[Nanda Bayin]], King of Burma (b. [[1535]])
* [[December 3]] – [[Roger North, 2nd Baron North]], English politician (b. [[1530]])
* [[December 16]] – [[Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]] (1569–1600) (b. [[1560]])

=== Full date missing ===

* [[Gilles de Noailles]] – [[French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire]] from 1575 to 1579 (b. 1524)

== References ==
* {{cite book|author-link=Jackson J. Spielvogel|first=Jackson J.|last=Spielvogel|title=Western Civilization. Volume '''II''': Since 1500|edition=5th |page=401}}
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