1543 deaths

Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)

German artist and printmaker (1497–1543)

sister of the queen of England Anne Boleyn

Portuguese or Spanish explorer

Ottoman prince, son of Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan Magnificent

16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate

German theologian

17th Abbasid caliph in Cairo from 1508 to 1517

Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484-1543)

florentine noblewoman

first ruler of the Qutb Shahi sultanate

Anabaptist prophet (1490-1543)

Italian composer, 1497-1543

Italian poet and litterateur

Italian painter (1469-1543)

German noble

German noble, House of Wittelsbach

Italian painter (1499-1543)

Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect (1462–1543)

Swedish rebel

Polish writer

Catholic bishop

Legendary female samurai (Onna-musha). Daughter of Ōhōri Yasumochi, a head priest of Ōyamazumi Shrine

Spouse of John III, Duke of Cleves

German grammarian

Swiss politician (1485-1543)

Italian artist (1475-1543)

Catholic cardinal

1st Sultan of Maguindanao

Italian cardinal

French captain

Serbian saint

Italian cardinal

French admiral (1492-1543)

Cardinal and senator of Genoa

Spanish conquistador

Catholic cardinal

Khan of Moghulistan from 1503 to 1543

Flemish Renaissance painter (1455-1543)

Japanese samurai

mwami (King)

English Earl

Croatian nobleman and cleric

prince-Bishop of Germany

Italian nun

- 12 Feb 1543

English politician and Baron

16th century Ottoman poet

Danish witch

Venetian noble

Spanish noble

Roman Catholic bishop

Spanish Roman Catholic prelate