1562 deaths

French king consort (1518–1562)

Italian anatomist (1523-1562)

Ottoman prince, son of Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan

Italian writer

Franco-Flemish composer and founder of the Venetian School (1480–1562)

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1495–1562)

Duchess of Florence (1522-1562)

Spanish Franciscan friar, Roman Catholic saint

German feudal knight and soldier of fortune

Italian Reformed theologian

German painter (c. 1505–1562)

Catholic cardinal and diplomat

French composer

German printmaker (1514-1562)

Italian cardinal (1543-1562)

Mughal king Akbar's wet nurse.

marquise of Montferrat (1492-1562)

Mughal general (1531-1562)

Italian theologian

Marshal of France

Italian noble, son of Cosimo I. de’ Medici

Hungarian noble (1498–1562)

Italian humanist writer, administrator and teacher of law (1488–1562)

Swiss law professor and humanist

Spanish cardinal

Scottish nobleman (1514-1562)

French admiral and diplomat

Japanese warlord

Indian ruler

Prince of Moldavia

16th-century Sufi master of the Shattari order and Sufi saint, a musician, and the author of Jawahir-i Khams

Italian painter (1482-1562)

archbishop of Cologne

daughter of Ismail I of Persia

German writer

English noble

Duke of Münsterberg, Duke of Oels and Count of Kladsko, and Bishop of Brandenburg (1503-1563)

German astronomer and mathematician (1518–1562)

Marshal of France

Mughal noble and general (died 1562)

Italian painter (1492-1562)

Swiss military leader

Governor of San Juan Tenochtitlan

Spanish book-seller, publisher and engraver (fl. 1519-1560)

Japanese samurai

Renaissance Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and choir director

Iranian calligrapher

Chief Tibiriçá (died 25 December 1562) baptized as Martim Afonso was an Amerindian leader who converted to Christianity under the auspices of José de Anchieta. He led the Tupiniquim people of Piratininga and other tribes. His daughter, Bartira, took the name Isabel and married a Portuguese man named João Ramalho. After his conversion to Christianity he became a strategic ally and protector of the Jesuits and the Portuguese; his name appears on letters to Saint Ignatius of Loyola and King João III of Portugal. Tibiriçá chose to side with the Jesuits and against his own brother Piquerobi with he

leader of a peasant rebellion in Hwanghae Province, Korea

Polish noble

Italian presbyter

Merchant

German writer

Spanish architect

Roman Catholic prelate

Roman Catholic archbishop

Swiss sculptor

samurai

Croatian poet

catholic priest