1560 in literature
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Births
- January 3 - John BoisJohn BoisJohn Bois was an English scholar, remembered mainly as one of the members of the translating committee for the Authorized Version of the Bible...
, Bible translator (d. 1643) - October 10 - Jacobus ArminiusJacobus ArminiusJacobus Arminius , the Latinized name of the Dutch theologian Jakob Hermanszoon from the Protestant Reformation period, served from 1603 as professor in theology at the University of Leiden...
, theologian (d. 1609) - December 3 - Jan GruterJan GruterJan Gruter was a Dutch critic and scholar.-Life:Jan Gruter was Dutch on his father's side and English on his mother's, and was born at Antwerp...
, critic and scholar (d. 1627) - date unknown - Constantino CajetanConstantino CajetanConstantino Cajetan was a Benedictine scholar.Although his brothers, Ottavio and Alfonso, joined the Society of Jesus, Constantino became a Benedictine at San Nicolò d'Arena in Catania. He was soon called to Rome by Pope Clement VIII, who confided to the promising young scholar an edition of the...
, ecclesiastical historian (d. 1650)
Deaths
- January 1 - Joachim du BellayJoachim du BellayJoachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade.-Biography:He was born at the Château of La Turmelière, not far from Liré, near Angers, being the son of Jean du Bellay, Lord of Gonnor, first cousin of the cardinal Jean du Bellay and of Guillaume du Bellay.Both his parents...
, poet (b. c. 1522) - April 19 - Philipp MelanchthonPhilipp MelanchthonPhilipp Melanchthon , born Philipp Schwartzerdt, was a German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems...
, Protestant theologian (b. 1497) - September 30 - Melchior CanoMelchior CanoMelchior Cano was a Spanish Scholastic theologian.-Clerical life:He was born in Tarancón, New Castile, and joined the Dominican Order in Salamanca, where by 1546 he had succeeded Francisco de Vitoria to the theological chair in the university. A man of deep learning and originality, proud and a...
, theologian (b. c. 1509) - November 15 - Domingo de SotoDomingo de SotoDomingo de Soto was a Dominican priest and Scholastic theologian born in Segovia, Spain, and died in Salamanca at the age of 66...
, theologian (b. 1494) - December 21 - Georg ThymGeorg ThymGeorg Thym was a German teacher, poet and writer.-Life:Thym attended school in his home town and then, from 1540, attended the University of Wittenberg, where he met Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, who remained his lifelong friends...
, poet (b. c. 1520) - date unknown - Didacus XimenesDidacus XimenesDidacus Ximenes was a Spanish Dominican of the sixteenth century; noted as a theologian, philosopher, and astronomer; d. 1560.-Biography:He took his licentiate in law at Salamanca, and there, before Christmas, 1543, received the habit of the Friars Preachers from the hands of Dominic Soto, then...
, theologian and philosopher