1563 deaths

French judge, writer and philosopher

French soldier and politician (1519–1563)

French preacher and theologian

Surdas was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna. His compositions captured his devotion towards Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj language, while some were also written in other dialects of medieval Hindi, like Awadhi.

Italian painter (1510–1563)

polymath and humanist

Lithuanian writer

Italian painter (1510-1563)

Catholic cardinal

Russian cleric, Iconographer and Saint

noblewoman; Scottish governess (1502-1562)

Catholic cardinal

Ottoman admiral

5th Duke of Braganza

Korean politician and general

Roman Catholic archbishop resided in Livonia (1498–1563)

prince of Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth

Italian sculptor (1507-1563)

ruler of Moldavia (1511–1563)

Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg

Royal Governor of Chile

Anglican bishop in Ireland

German composer

Spanish architect (1495–1563)

British poet

Ethiopian Emperor

Reformed theologian of the Reformation

Marshal of France

Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken; later Countess Palatine of Simmern

Japanese samurai

Castilian priest

Count of Lippe (1527-1563)

Italian writer

Spanish theologian

privateer

Swiss printer in Basel (1501–1563), active 1531-1563

Prince of Uglich

daimyo

Italian historian

Spanish cardinal, 1495-1563

daimyo

Italian noble

Infante of Aragon and Duke of Sogorb (Segorbe)

politician

French aristocrat (1540-1562)

Spanish composer

Spanish humanist, art writer and patron

Marchioness of Montecchio by marriage

English statesman (1506-1563)

French assassin

Dutch-Italian humanist and famous typographer and printer for Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence

English noble (1501-1563)

German commander, politician and mayor of Hamburg (1500-1563)

Flemish painter

playwright

Italian composer and lutenist

English Earl (1526-1563)

English artist and architect

King’s Counsel in Nîmes (1512-1563)