1556

Events

Births

  • January 8Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1623)
  • February 21Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (d. 1615)
  • March 7Guillaume du Vair, French statesman and philosopher (died 1621)
  • June 6Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche (died 1625)
  • November 15Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (died 1618)
  • Henry Briggs, English mathematician (died 1630)
  • Margaret Clitherow, English Catholic martyr (died 1586)
  • Shibata Katsutoyo, Japanese military commander (died 1583)
  • Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese military commander (died 1583)
  • Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Sudanese writer and political leader
  • James Melville, Scottish divine and reformer (died 1614)
  • Maria of Nassau, second daughter of William the Silent (died 1616)

Deaths

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