Births

• 16 November – Paul Sartorius
  Paul Sartorius (composer)
  Paul Sartorius was a German composer and organist.-References:...
  
  , composer and organist (died 1609)
• probable – Tobias Hume
  Tobias Hume
  Tobias Hume was a Scottish composer, viol player and soldier.Little is known of his life. Some have suggested that he was born in 1569 because he was admitted to the London Charterhouse in 1629, a pre-requisite to which was being at least 60 years old, though there is no certainty over this...
  
  , viol player and composer (died 1645)

Deaths

• 11 September - Vincenza Armani
  Vincenza Armani
  Vincenza Armani , was an Italian actress, singer, poet, musician, lace maker and sculptor. She was one of the most famous Italian actors of the period and known as the "divine Vincenza Armani"...
  
  , Italian opera singer, musician and composer
• date unknown – Hoste da Reggio
  Hoste da Reggio
  Hoste da Reggio was an Italian composer of the Renaissance, active in Milan and elsewhere in northern Italy. He was well-known for his madrigals, which were published in several collections in Venice.-Life:...
  
  , composer (born c. 1520)