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January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

February - Thomas Wyatt surrenders to government forces in London.

February 12 - After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband.

March 17 - Princess Elizabeth imprisoned in The Tower.

April 12 - Mary of Guise becomes Regent of Scotland.

July 23 - 25 - Wedding of Queen Mary I of England and King Philip of Naples, only son of Emperor Charles V in Winchester, England.

August 12 - Battle of Renty. French forces led by Francis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V.

The French forces in Siena surrender to the Imperialists after a long siege.

Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop of Turku.

Jesuits found Sao Paulo in Brazil.

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January 9 - Pope Gregory XV (died 1623)

January 20 - King Sebastian of Portugal (died 1578)

March 26 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (died 1611)

May 20 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (died 1594)

November 30 - Sir Philip Sidney, English courtier and poet (died 1586)

December 19 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)

Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomatist (died 1612)

Stephen Gosson, English satirist (died 1624)

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (died 1628)

Richard Hooker, Anglican theologian (died 1600)

James Lancaster, English navigator (died 1618)

Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, and explorer (died 1618)

Francis Throckmorton, English conspirator (died 1584)

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January 1 - Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (born c1500)

January 16 - Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (born c1480)

February 12 - Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (executed) (b. 1536)

February 12 - Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the throne of England (executed) (born 1537)

February 21 - Hieronymus Bock, German botanist (born 1498)

February 23 - Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician (executed) (born c1515)

March 3 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (born 1503)

April 11 - Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (executed) (born 1521)

August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)

September 22 - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador (born c1510)

December 22 - Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter (born 1498)

Leo Africanus, Sudanese writer (born 1485)

Sebastiano Serlio, Italian architect (born 1475)

John Taylor, Bishop of Lincoln (born 1503)