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- Gabriele Fallopius - Observationes anatomicae
- Sir Thomas HobyThomas HobySir Thomas Hoby was an English diplomat and translator. He was born in 1530, the second son of William Hoby of Leominster, Herefordshire, by his second wife, Katherine, daughter of John Forden. He matriculated at St. John's College, Cambridge in 1546...
- The Book of the CourtierThe Book of the CourtierThe Book of the Courtier is a courtesy book. It was written by Baldassare Castiglione over the course of many years, beginning in 1508, and published in 1528 by the Aldine Press just before his death...
(Il Cortegiano) (translation) - Julius Caesar ScaligerJulius Caesar ScaligerJulius Caesar Scaliger was an Italian scholar and physician who spent a major part of his career in France. He employed the techniques and discoveries of Renaissance humanism to defend Aristotelianism against the new learning...
-Poetices - John CalvinJohn CalvinJohn Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530...
- Institution of the Christian Religion (English translation by Thomas NortonThomas NortonThomas Norton was an English lawyer, politician, writer of verse — but not, as has been claimed, the chief interrogator of Queen Elizabeth I.-Official career:...
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Births
- January 22 - Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher, scientist, and statesman (d. 1626)
- June - Samuel HarsnettSamuel HarsnettSamuel Harsnett , born Samuel Halsnoth, was an English writer on religion and Archbishop of York from 1629.- Early life :...
, writer on religion (d. 1631) - July 11 - Luís de Góngora y Argote, Spanish poet (d. 1627)
- August 14 - Sir Christopher HeydonChristopher HeydonSir Christopher Heydon was an English soldier, Member of Parliament, and writer on astrology.-Background:Born in Surrey, Heydon was the eldest son of Sir William Heydon of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir William Woodhouse of Hickling, Norfolk...
, writer on astrology (d. 1623) - October 27 - Mary SidneyMary SidneyMary Herbert , Countess of Pembroke , was one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works, poetry, poetic translations and literary patronage.-Family:...
, writer and translator (d. 1621) - date unknown
- John Harington, English writer (d. 1612)
Deaths
- February 26 - Jorge de MontemayorJorge de MontemayorJorge de Montemayor was a Portuguese novelist and poet, who wrote almost exclusively in Spanish.-Biography:He was born at Montemor-o-Velho , whence he derived his name, the Spanish form of which is Montemayor....
, novelist and poet (b. c. 1520) - March 25 - Conrad LycosthenesConrad LycosthenesConrad Lycosthenes was an Alsatian humanist and encyclopedist.-Life:He was born in Rouffach in Alsace on August 8, 1518, the son of Theobald Wolffhart and Elizabeth Kürsner, sister of the Protestant theologian Conrad Pellicanus...
, humanist and encyclopedist (b. 1518) - December 10 - Caspar Schwenckfeld, theologian and preacher (b. c.1490)
- date unknown
- Marie DentièreMarie DentièreMarie Dentière was a Genevan Protestant reformer and theologian. She played an active role in Genevan religion and politics, playing a large role in the closure of Geneva's convents, and preaching with such reformers as John Calvin and William Farel...
, theologian (b. 1495) - Claude GaramondClaude GaramondClaude Garamond was a French publisher from Paris. He was one of the leading type designers of his time, and is credited with the introduction of the apostrophe, the accent and the cedilla to the French language. Several contemporary typefaces, including those currently known as Garamond, Granjon,...
, French publisher (b. 1480) - Jane Seymour, writer
- Marie Dentière