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March 2011 1566 1566 200px|thumb|September 7: General Zrinski leads a final charge against the Ottoman Turks at Szigetvár (1825 painting by Johann Peter Krafft) __NOTOC__ Year 1566 (MDLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events thumb|right|110px|Selim II becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. January–March January 7 – Cardinal Michele Ghislieri is elected as the new Pope by two-thirds of the College of Cardinals, to succeed Pope Pius IV, who had died 28 days earlier on December 8. Ghislieri becomes the 225th pope, and takes the regnal name Pope Pius V.Gregory Sobolewski Martin Luther, Roman Catholic Prophet https://books.google.com/books?id=WZDYAAAAMAAJ 2001 Marquette University Press 978-0-87462-649-0 96 February 24 – In one of the first gun assassinations in Japanese (if not world) history, Mimura Iechika, the daimyō (warlord) of the Bitchū Province, is shot dead by two brothers (Endo Matajiro and Yoshijiro), sent by his rival Ukita Naoie. March 28 – The foundation stone of Valletta, which will become Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.De Lucca Denis The city-fortress of Valletta in the Baroque age Baroque Routes Newsletter 2013 9 8–17 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/40455 27 November 2023 en March – The Hanseatic city of Lübeck launches the galleon Adler von Lübeck, probably the largest ship in the world at this time.Van der Horst(e), Peter (1676). https://archive.today/20120709170315/http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/img/?IDDOC=294792 Beschreibung von der Kunst der Schiffahrt – Zum andernmahl auffgeleget und mit einem Anhang vermehret, worin beschrieben wird der Anfang und Fortgang der Schiffahrt. 2nd ed. Lübeck: Schmalhertzens Erven. (PDF). April–June April 5 – The Compromise of Nobles is presented to Margaret of Parma, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, but it succeeds only in delaying the beginning of the Eighty Years' War in the Netherlands.Lem Anton van der Revolt in the Netherlands: The Eighty Years War, 1568-1648 15 March 2019 Reaktion Books 978-1-78914-088-0 57 https://books.google.com/books?id=m4KGDwAAQBAJ&dq=Compromise+of+Nobles+Margaret+of+Parma+%225+april+1566%22+eighty+years+war&pg=PA57 27 November 2023 enPettegree Andrew The Reformation World 2000 Psychology Press 978-0-415-16357-6 352 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdSVnJDClesC&dq=Compromise+of+Nobles+Margaret+of+Parma+5+april+1565&pg=PA352 27 November 2023 en May 1 Charles IX, King of France, completes his grand tour of his kingdom, returning to Paris a little more than 27 months and 2500 mi km after his departure on January 24, 1564.Les Lettres de pardon du voyage de Charles IX (1565-1566), ed. by (Société de l'Histoire de France, 2010) Suleiman the Magnificent, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, begins his last campaign, departing from Constantinople at the head of one of the largest armies he has ever commanded, with a plan to attack Vienna, capital of the Holy Roman Empire.Turnbull Stephen R The Ottoman Empire, 1326–1699 Osprey Publishing Ltd 2003 55 978-0-415-96913-0 However, he dies in September. May 13 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor imposes a Reichsexekution upon John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony. Augustus, Elector of Saxony is directed to carry out the order to begin the siege of the city of Gotha and John Frederick's home at the Grimmenstein Castle. May 25 – King Philip II of Spain issues laws against the remaining Spanish Muslims, including a ban against use of the Arabic language, wearing of traditional Arab or Muslim clothing, a requirement that doors in their homes and buildings be kept open every Friday and on Muslim feast days (in order to verify that Muslim rituals are not observed), and forces the tearing down of public and private bathhouses (to prevent purification rites).Rodrigo de Zayas, Les Morisques et le racisme d'état (La Différence, 1992) p. 230 May 30 – The Augsburg Imperial Coin Edict issues from the Holy Roman Empire, authorizing a new coin, the thaler. The new unit of money, the Reichsthaler, follows standards providing that the weight should be based on one-ninth of a Cologne mark of silver (the "9 Thaler standard") with each minted coin to weigh 29.23 grams and to contain 25.96 grams of silver.Wolfgang Trapp, Kleines Handbuch der Münzkunde und des Geldwesens in Deutschland (Reclam, 1999) p. 87. The word thaler, an abbreviation for the "Joachimsthaler" minted from the silver mines at Joachimsthal (modern-day Jáchymov in the Czech Republic), is anglicized to dollar, the name of currencies in many nations. June 10 – In Znojmo (in the modern-day Czech Republic), Wilhelm von Rosenberg, commander of the Army of the Kingdom of Bohemia, begins raising an army to fight an expected invasion by the Ottoman Empire."Rosenberg (Familienartikel)", by Annemarie Enneper, in Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German) (Duncker & Humblot, 2005), vol. 22, pp. 57–58 July–September July 22 – Pope Pius V issues an edict to expel most prostitutes from Rome, and the Papal States.Christina J. Moose, Great Events from History: The Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454-1600, Volume 2 (Salem Press, 2005) p.701 The edict is soon reversed because of the loss of revenue from the taxation of houses of prostitution.Cohen Elizabeth S. Seen and known: prostitutes in the cityscape of late-sixteenth-century Rome Renaissance Studies 1998 12 3 392–409 24412612 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24412612 29 November 2023 0269-1213 July 25 – Feodor Stefanovich Kolychov is consecrated as the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church as Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow with the approval of the Tsar Ivan the Terrible,"Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia", Orthodox Church in America but soon defies the Tsar. Philip will be deposed in 16 months later and put to death on December 23, 1568. July 28 – John Sigismund Zápolya, uncrowned claimant to the throne of the King of Hungary, leads an invasion of Upper Hungary on the orders of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman.László Kontler, Millennium in Central Europe: A History of Hungary (Atlantisz Publishing, 1999) p.148 July 31 – King Philip II of Spain sends a final letter to the administrators and Catholic bishops of the Spanish Netherlands, rejecting a request to abolish ordinances treating Protestants as heretics.Ernst H. Kossman and Albert F. Mellink, Texts Concerning the Revolt of the Netherlands. Cambridge University Press, 1974) pp. 69-75 The decision leads to an uprising against Spain by Calvinists and ultimately to the Eighty Years War. August 6 – The siege of Szigetvár is begun by Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.Horváth Jenő Magyar hadi krónika: a magyar nemzet ezeréves küzdelmeinek katonai története 1895 Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Hadtudományi Bizottsága 87 https://books.google.com/books?id=hc9AAAAAYAAJ&dq=Szigetv%C3%A1r+szulejm%C3%A1n+ostroma+%221566.+augusztus+6.%22&pg=RA1-PA87 27 November 2023 hu This is the Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent. August 10 – The Beeldenstorm, also called the "Iconoclastic Fury", begins as Protestant Calvinists engage in widespread destruction of religious art in what are now the Netherlands and Belgium.Arnade Peter J. Beggars, Iconoclasts, and Civic Patriots: the Political Culture of the Dutch Revolt https://archive.org/details/beggarsiconoclas00arna limited Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 2008 978-0-8014-7496-5 103–104 August 16 – The Beeldenstorm arrives at Ypres and the St Martin's Cathedral is plundered, with the library and artifiacts of Bishop Martin Rythovius burned. August 25 – The vandalism of the Beeldenstorm reaches Leiden. September 7 – Suleiman the Magnificent dies in his tent of natural causes aged 71 the day before the end of the siege of Szigetvár,Pap Norbert The Battle for Central Europe 21 January 2019 Brill 978-90-04-39623-4 539–552 https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004396234/BP000028.xml 27 November 2023 en The Pilgrimage Town (Türbe Kasabası) of Sultan Süleyman at Szigetvár and Selim II succeeds him as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.SELİM II https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/selim-ii TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 27 November 2023 tr September 8 – The siege of Szigetvár ends in a fierce battle with the annihilation of 2,300 Hungarian and Croatian defenders, including their general, Nikola Šubić Zrinski, annihilated by an army of 90,000 soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, under Sokollu Mehmed Pasha.Tucker Spencer C. Great Sieges in World History: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century 15 February 2021 Bloomsbury Publishing USA 978-1-4408-6803-0 72 https://books.google.com/books?id=qErEEAAAQBAJ&dq=Szigetv%C3%A1r+%2290000%22&pg=PA72 29 November 2023 enMoln Enikő Basa R A Szigeti Veszedelem and the Turkish Wars e-Journal of the American Hungarian Educators Association 2010 3 1–17 https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=145355 29 November 2023 English 1936-8879 Before charging out with his remaining 600 troops, General Zrinski orders the gates to the fortress to be opened and fires a large cannon, loaded with broken iron, killing hundreds of Ottoman attackers as they enter.Edward Shelton, The Book of Battles: or, Daring Deeds by Land and Sea (Houlston and Wright, 1867) pp.82-83 As a final measure, according to one source, Zrinski orders a long fuse to be lit to the fortress gunpowder magazine and the powder explodes while thousands of Ottomans are inside. October–December October 2 – Richard Onslow (Solicitor General) is elected as the Speaker of the English House of Commons by a vote of 82 to 70. October 8 – Catherine of the Austrian Habsburgs, Queen of consort of Poland since 1553 as wife of Sigismund II Augustus, leaves Poland to return to Austria after the failure of her marriage. She never comes back to Poland, though she remains the official queen consort until her death in 1572.Duczmal Małgorzata Jogailaičiai Vilnius 2012 Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras 978-5-420-01703-6 Lithuanian Birutė Mikalonienė Vyturys Jarutis 319 October 19 – Gastón de Peralta, 3rd Marquess of Falces becomes the Viceroy of New Spain, replacing Francisco Ceinos. Peralta is removed from office by King Philip II after charges are made that Peralta is planning a rebellion against the crown.Manuel García Puron, México y sus gobernantes (in Spanish)(Joaquín Porrua Publishing, 1984) October 28 – In Kneiphof, a city in the Duchy of Prussia (modern-day Ostrov Immanuinga Kanta in Russia), Albert, Duke of Prussia has three of the town's five councilors beheaded on charges of causing political and religious disputes with the other Prussian states. Johann Funck, Matthias Horst, and Hans Schnell are executed in the town's marketplace, while Paul Skalich and Johann Steinbach are able to flee the country."Funck, Johann", by Paul Tsackert in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, ed. by Samuel Macauley Jackson (Funk and Wagnalls Co., 1909) pp.410-411 November 5 – Queen Elizabeth I of England addresses the English Parliament and champions English nationalism, asking "Was I not born in this realm? Were my parents born in any foreign country? Is there any cause I should alienate myself from being careful over this country? Is not my kingdom here?"Elizabeth I: Collected Works, ed. by Leah S. Marcus, Janel Mueller, and Mary Beth Rose, (University of Chicago Press, 2002), p.95 November 23 – By decree of King Philip II of Spain, the content of gold in the Spanish gold escudo, is raised from 350 maravedis (equivalent to 338 centigrams) of gold to 400 (386 cg) and equivalent to 16 silver reales."El Marviedi— Su Grandeza y Decadencia", in Revista de Archivos, Bibliotecas y Museos (March–April, 1905) p.218 November 26 – At the Craigmillar Castle, the advisers to Mary, Queen of Scots – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray; Secretary of State William Maitland of Lethington; Lord Chancellor George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly; Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll; and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell – advise her to divorce her husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. She refuses and the advisers decide that Darnley must be killed.Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, ed. by Agnes Strickland (Henry Colburn, 1848) p.37. December 17 – The baptism of Prince James, son of Mary Queen of Scots, takes place at Stirling Castle thumb|The Stari Most bridge Date unknown Between July 19, 1566 and July 7, 1567 (during the Islamic calendar year 974 AH) – The first bridge crossing the Neretva River at Mostar in Herzegovina is completed by the Ottoman Empire. The white marble bridge becomes known as Stari Most ("Old Bridge"). Births thumbnail|right|110px|Sultan Mehmed III thumbnail|right|110px|King James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland thumbnail|right|110px|King Sigismund III Vasa thumbnail|right|110px|Isabella Clara Eugenia thumbnail|right|110px|Sigrid of Sweden January 13 – Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess Consort of Saxe-Lauenburg (1582–1619) (d. 1626) January 15 – Philipp Uffenbach, German artist (d. 1636)Seibt Wilhelm Helldunkel: Adam Elsheimer ́s Leben und Wirken 1885 Keller 7 https://books.google.com/books?id=TLsxieNaIeoC&dq=Philipp+Uffenbach+%2215+januar+1566%22&pg=PA7 29 November 2023 de January 17 – Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Archduchess of Austria and nun (d. 1621)Wurzbach Constantin Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Österreich 1860 Universitätsbibliothek Graz 154 http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=11804&page=162&scale=3.33&viewmode=fullscreen 2 December 2023 February 1 – Marie of the Incarnation, French Discalced Carmelite beatified nun and blessed (d. 1618)Broglie Emmanuel de La bienheureuse Marie de l'Incarnation: Madame Acarie (1566-1618) 1903 V. Lecoffre 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=rC8_AAAAIAAJ&dq=Marie+de+l%27Incarnation+%221er+f%C3%A9vrier+1566%22&pg=PA6 29 November 2023 fr February 2 – Michal Sedziwój, Polish alchemist (d. 1636)Szydło Zbigniew The Alchemy of Michael Sendivogius: His Central Nitre Theory Ambix November 1993 40 3 129–146 10.1179/amb.1993.40.3.129 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/amb.1993.40.3.129 2 December 2023 en 0002-6980 subscription February 18 – Francesco Erizzo, Doge of Venice (d. 1646)Rendina Claudio I dogi: storia e segreti 1984 Newton Compton 362 https://books.google.com/books?id=XUwiAQAAIAAJ&q=Francesco+Erizzo+%2218+febbraio+1566%22 29 November 2023 it March 1 – John Hoskins, English poet (d. 1638)Whitlock Baird W. John Hoskyns, Serjeant-at-law 1982 University Press of America 978-0-8191-2147-9 5 https://books.google.com/books?id=NNBAAQAAIAAJ&q=John+Hoskins+%221+march+1566%22 29 November 2023 en March 8 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian music composer (d. 1613)Watkins Glenn Gesualdo: The Man and His Music 1991 Clarendon Press 978-0-19-816216-2 296 https://books.google.com/books?id=TLIHAQAAMAAJ&q=%2230%20march%22 29 November 2023 en April 2 – Bartholda van Swieten, Dutch diplomat (d. 1647)Swieten, Bartholda van (1566-1647) https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Swieten resources.huygens.knaw.nl 29 November 2023 May 26 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1603)Sultana Professor Dr Summer Sharif Muhammad Amin The Role of Turkish Women in the Politics of Ottoman Empire Pakistan Journal of International Affairs 2019 2 2 10.52337/pjia.v2i2.60 237961866 http://pjia.com.pk/index.php/pjia/article/view/60 29 November 2023 en 2664-360X free June 19 – King James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (d. 1625)James I and VI https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/james_i_vi.shtml BBC History 2 April 2018 June 20 – King Sigismund III Vasa, of Poland and Sweden (d. 1632)Grolier Incorporated The Encyclopedia Americana https://books.google.com/books?id=7JlFAAAAYAAJ 2001 Grolier Incorporated 978-0-7172-0134-1 799 July 9 – John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, German duke (d. 1638)Meyers Konversations-Lexikon: Eine Encyklopädie des allgemeinen Wissens 1876 Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts 560 https://books.google.com/books?id=y0V9ViTSrYcC&dq=Johann+Ernst+%229+juli+1566%22&pg=PA560 29 November 2023 de August 12 – Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain (d. 1633)Bravo María Antonia Bel Mujer y cambio social en la Edad Moderna 1 September 2011 Encuentro 978-84-9920-638-7 223 https://books.google.com/books?id=dWQxr9_MMIcC&dq=Isabel+Clara+Eugenia+%2212+de+agosto+de+1566%22&pg=PA223 29 November 2023 es August 24 – Abraham Scultetus, German theologian (d. 1625)Scultetus, Abraham https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz79822.html#adbcontent www.deutsche-biographie.de 2 December 2023 de September 1 – Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)Alleyn, Edward https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-398 2004 2 December 2023 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/398 October 13 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643)Boyle, Richard https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-3133 2004 2 December 2023 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/3133 October 15 – Sigrid of Sweden, Swedish princess (d. 1633)Förhandlingar och uppsatser 1888 Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland 200 https://books.google.com/books?id=Mq0OAQAAIAAJ&dq=Sigrid+Eriksdotter+Vasa+%2215+oktober+1566%22&pg=PA200 2 December 2023 sv November 3 – Charles, Count of Soissons, French prince du sang and military commander (d. 1612)Gouellain Gustave Cochet Jean Benoît Désiré Revue de la Normandie 1863 E. Cagniard 91 https://books.google.com/books?id=LBFMAAAAMAAJ&dq=Charles+de+Bourbon-Soissons+%223+novembre+1566%22&pg=PA91 2 December 2023 fr November 9 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Lüneburt (1611–1633) (d. 1633)Allgemeiner Harz-Berg-Kalender E. Piepersche. 80 https://books.google.com/books?id=I38TAQAAMAAJ&q=%20%229%20november%201566%22 2 December 2023 de November 21 – Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1645)The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of January 11, 1621 https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1621.htm#Cennini cardinals.fiu.edu 2 December 2023 November 25 – John Heminges, English actor (d. 1630)Shakespeare Quarterly 1950 Folger Shakespeare Library 7 https://books.google.com/books?id=fTBlAAAAMAAJ&q=John+Heminges+%2225+november+1566%22 2 December 2023 en November 26 – Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (d. 1645)BRACCIOLINI, Francesco - Treccani https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-bracciolini_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Treccani 2 December 2023 it December 1 – Philip of Nassau, Count of Nassau (d. 1595)Mortanges Willem Theodoor Pahud de Graafland Jacob Petrus Hooft Historisch overzicht van de drie gebeurtenissen voorgesteld in de Maskerade, bij gelegenheid van het 250-jarig bestaan der Utrechtsche Academie 1886 Beijers en Van Boekhoven 28 https://books.google.com/books?id=AZdVAAAAcAAJ&dq=Filips+van+Nassau+%221+december+1566%22&pg=PA28 2 December 2023 nl December 11 – (baptised) – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650)Randel Don Michael The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music 1996 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-37299-3 135 https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&dq=Manuel+Cardoso+11+december+1566&pg=PA135 2 December 2023 en December 19 – George Talbot, 9th Earl of Shrewsbury, English earl (d. 1630) December 27 – Jan Jesenius, Slovak physician (d. 1621)Kachlik David Vichnar David Kachlikova Dana Musil Vladimir Szabo Kristian Stingl Josef The life and work of Jan Jesensky (1566–1621), the physician of a dying time Journal of Medical Biography August 2013 21 3 153–163 10.1177/0967772013479736 24585763 206608579 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0967772013479736 en 0967-7720 subscription date unknown Pietro Cerone, Italian music theorist (d. 1625)CERONE, Domenico Pietro https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/domenico-pietro-cerone_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Treccani 2 December 2023 it Polyxena von Lobkowicz, politically active Czech aristocrat (d. 1642)Kratochvílová Martina Ryantová, Marie: Polyxena z Lobkovic. Obdivovaná i nenáviděná první dáma království. Nakladatelství Vyšehrad, Praha 2016 Historica Olomucensia 2017 52 329–333 https://historica.upol.cz/pdfs/hol/2017/01/18.pdf 2 December 2023 Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (d. 1643)Baglione, Giovanni https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/display/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000005698 Grove Art Online 2 December 2023 en Lucia Quinciani, Italian composerSadie Julie Anne Samuel Rhian The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers 1995 W. W. Norton & Company 978-0-393-03487-5 380 https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&dq=Lucia+Quinciani+%221566%22&pg=PA380 2 December 2023 en James Sempill, Scottish theologian (d. 1626)Sempill, James https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25073 2004 2 December 2023 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/25073 Caterina Vitale, Maltese pharmacist (d. 1619)Caterina Scappi and her revolutionary hospital for women who were incurable https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/caterina-scappi-and-her-revolutionary-hospital-for-women-who-were.581731 2 December 2023 Times of Malta 23 August 2015 en-gbBezzina Frank Camilleri Emanuel Marmarà Vincent Historical Background of the Maltese Public Service Administration and Management (The Beginning) Public Service Reforms in a Small Island State Public Service Reforms in a Small Island State: The Case of Malta Public Administration, Governance and Globalization 2021 22 3–40 10.1007/978-3-030-74357-4_1 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-74357-4_1 2 December 2023 Springer International Publishing 978-3-030-74356-7 en Deaths thumb|110px|Nostradamus thumb|110px|Bartolomé de las Casas thumb|110px|Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent January 6 – Francesco Gonzaga, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1538)The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of February 26, 1561 https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1561.htm#Gonzaga cardinals.fiu.edu 3 December 2023 January 7 – Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (b. 1506)Blois Georges de Louis de Blois, un bénédictin au XVIème siècle 1875 Palmé 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=WwmGQpzHmVwC&dq=Louis+de+Blois+%227+janvier+1566%22&pg=PA29 3 December 2023 fr February 3 – George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)Luïscius A. G. Het algemeen historisch, geographisch en genealogisch woordenboek, vervattende de geheele wereldlyke geschiedenis, ... van deze laatsten gevoegt een naamlyst van derzelver uitgegevene werken 1726 Husson 231 https://books.google.com/books?id=D3g58EJE3i0C&dq=George+Cassander+%223+februari+1566%22&pg=PA231 3 December 2023 nl February 24 – Mimura Iechika, Japanese warlord (b. 1517) March 9 – David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1533)Paul James Peter Russell At Her Majesty's Service https://books.google.com/books?id=LH3C4F7aGg0C 1986 J. Curley & Associates 978-1-55504-287-5 76 March 23 – Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (b. 1492)Allgemeine deutsche Biographie 1898 Duncker & Humblot 68 https://books.google.com/books?id=o_Y4EZbh3ZAC&dq=Wolfgang,+F%C3%BCrst+von+Anhalt-K%C3%B6then+%2223+marz+1566%22&pg=PA68 3 December 2023 de March 26 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer and organist (b. 1510)Cabezón, Antonio de https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-90000380595 Grove Music Online 3 December 2023 en March 28 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat (b. 1486)WISSGRILL Franz Carl Schauplatz des landsässigen Nieder-Oesterreichischen Adels von Herren- und Ritterstande, von dem XI Jahrhundert an, bis auf jetzige Zeiten 1800 Christian Fridich Wapplets 253 https://books.google.com/books?id=LyvgHw4hAcsC&q=%2228%20marz%201566%22 3 December 2023 de April 25 – Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France (b. 1499)Jehanne d'Orliac The Moon Mistress: Diane de Poitiers https://books.google.com/books?id=6YgJAQAAIAAJ 1931 Harrap 310 April 25 – Louise Labé, French poet (b. c. 1524)Bever Adolphe van Les poètes du terroir du XVe siècle au XXe siècle: textes choisis, accompagnés de notices 1923 Delagrave 266 https://books.google.com/books?id=SMY-AAAAYAAJ&dq=Louise+Lab%C3%A9+%2225+avril+1566%22&pg=PA266 3 December 2023 fr May 10 – Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and a botanist (b. 1501)Brinkhus Gerd Pachnicke Claudine Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566): Mediziner und Botaniker 2001 Kulturamt 978-3-910090-43-9 23 https://books.google.com/books?id=hPAfAQAAIAAJ&q=%2210%20mai%201566%22 3 December 2023 de July 2 – Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503)Reading Mario Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies for the Future 2006 Watkins Media Limited 978-1-84293-180-6 16 https://books.google.com/books?id=WgXaCwAAQBAJ&q=%20%222%20july%201566%22 3 December 2023 en July 13 – Thomas Hoby, English diplomat and translator (b. 1530)Wagner John A. Ph.D Susan Walters Schmid Encyclopedia of Tudor England 9 December 2011 Bloomsbury Publishing USA 978-1-59884-299-9 600 https://books.google.com/books?id=7uPNEAAAQBAJ&dq=Thomas+Hoby+%2213+july+1566%22&pg=PA600 3 December 2023 en July 18 – Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish priest (b. 1484)Fernández Isacio Pérez Fray Bartolomé de las Casas: brevísima relación de su vida, diseño de su personalidad, síntesis de su doctrina 1984 Editorial San Esteban 978-84-7188-151-9 21 https://books.google.com/books?id=qrOHqL_uEtwC&dq=Bartolom%C3%A9+de+las+Casas+%2218+de+julio+de+1566%22&pg=PA50 3 December 2023 es July 30 – Guillaume Rondelet, French doctor (b. 1507)Damkaer David M. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History 2002 American Philosophical Society 978-0-87169-240-5 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=TgUNAAAAIAAJ&dq=Guillaume+Rondelet+%2230+july+1566%22&pg=PA15 3 December 2023 en August 19 – Elisabeth of Brunswick-Calenberg, Countess of Henneberg (b. 1526)Braunschweigisches Magazin 1899 J. Zwissler. 201 https://books.google.com/books?id=RXsKAAAAIAAJ&dq=Elisabeth+von+Braunschweig+%2219+august+1566%22&pg=RA2-PA201 3 December 2023 de September 2 – Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter (b. 1529)Ricerche di storia dell'arte 1986 Bulzoni 44 https://books.google.com/books?id=D3FMAAAAYAAJ&q=Taddeo+Zuccari+%222+settembre+1566%22 3 December 2023 it September 6 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan since 1520 (b. 1494) September 17 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado (b. 1493)Falguera Cristina de la Cruz de Arteaga y La Casa del Infantado: cabeza de los Mendoza 1940 Duque del Infantado 420 https://books.google.com/books?id=SgRJIZG6-SwC&q=%20%2217%20de%20septiembre%20de%201566%22 3 December 2023 es September 22 – Johannes Agricola, German Protestant reformer (b. 1494)Dietsch Julius Erdmann Christoph Die christlichen Weihestätten in und bei der Stadt Hof: geschichtliche Darstellung der allda befindlichen Kirchen, Kapellen und Friedhöfe 1856 Riegel & Wießner 45 https://books.google.com/books?id=mMoOyjlvJcwC&dq=Johannes+Agricola+%2222+september+1566%22&pg=PA45 3 December 2023 de September 27 – Marco Girolamo Vida, Italian poet (b. 1490)Tadisi Jacopo Antonio Vita di monsignor Marco Girolamo Vida nobile cremonese, vescovo d'Alba, descritta da Jacopo Antonio Tadisi .. 1788 Vincenzo Antoine 39 https://books.google.com/books?id=2STOTi4Q-S0C&dq=Marco+Girolamo+Vida+%2227+settembre+1566%22&pg=PA39 3 December 2023 it October 13 – Zilia Dandolo, Venetian dogaressaStaley Edgcumbe The dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges 1910 T. W. Laurie London 264 https://archive.org/details/dogaressasofveni00stal/page/264/mode/2up?q=1566 3 December 2023 October 28 – Johann Funck, German theologian (b. 1518)Dingel Irene Der Osiandrische Streit (1550–1570) 17 April 2023 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 978-3-647-50014-0 59 https://books.google.com/books?id=spTkEAAAQBAJ&dq=Johann+Funck+%2228+oktober+1566%22&pg=PA59 3 December 2023 de October 31 – Richard Edwardes, English poet (b. 1523)Evans Robert Humphreys Maggie Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland 1 January 1997 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-4411-3796-8 101 https://books.google.com/books?id=xZCvAwAAQBAJ&dq=Richard+Edwardes+%2231+october+1566%22&pg=PA101 3 December 2023 en November 2 – Thomas White, English politician (b. 1507) November 17 – Annibale Caro, Italian poet and Knight of Malta (b. 1507)Monti Achille Scritti in prosa ed in versi 1882 I. Galeati 120 https://books.google.com/books?id=YQYOAAAAYAAJ&dq=Annibale+Caro+%2217+novembre+1566%22&pg=PA120 3 December 2023 it November 27 – Froben Christoph of Zimmern, author of the Zimmern Chronicle (b. 1519)Jenny Beat Rudolf Graf Froben Christoph von Zimmern, 1519-1566: Geschichtschreiber, Erzähler, Dynast 1959 Konstanz 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=zG131FTl49IC&q=%20%2227%20november%201566%22 3 December 2023 de December 1 – Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1508)The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 19, 1544 https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1544.htm#Mendoza cardinals.fiu.edu 3 December 2023 December 14 – René, Marquis of Elbeuf (b. 1536)Barthélemy L[ouis] Histoire d'Aubagne, chef-lieu de Baronnie: depuis son origine jusq'en 1789 1889 Barlatier et Barthelet 47 https://books.google.com/books?id=oy8bAAAAYAAJ&dq=Ren%C3%A9+II+de+Lorraine+%2214+aout+1566%22&pg=PA47 3 December 2023 fr December 26 – Kimotsuki Kanetsugu, Japanese samurai (b. 1511) December 28 – Margaret Paleologa, Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (1531–1540) (b. 1510)Archivio storico italiano 1892 Leo S. Olschki 265 https://books.google.com/books?id=gGFIAAAAYAAJ&dq=Margherita+Paleologa+%2228+dicembre+1566%22&pg=PA265 3 December 2023 it date unknown Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (b. 1500)Izbicki Thomas Charles Dumoulin's Annotations in a Lyon Edition of the Decretum Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law 2022 39 1 179–187 10.1353/bmc.2022.0006 257785323 https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/16/article/885374/summary 2372-2509 subscription Calvagh O'Donnell, Irish chieftainO'Donnell, Calvagh, lord of Tyrconnell https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-20550 2004 3 December 2023 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/20550 probable – Jacob Acontius, Swiss jurist, theologian, philosopher and engineer (b. 1492)O'Malley Charles Donald Jacopo Aconcio 1955 Ed. di Storia e Letteratura 51 https://books.google.com/books?id=-SvF1ye4QwYC&q=1566 3 December 2023 it References