1568 deaths

nobleman from Quercy, having belonged to the order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem of which he was Grand Prior of Saint-Gilles (Langue de Provence) from 1556 to 1557 then Grand Master from 1557 to 1568

Prince of Asturias; eldest child of Philip II of Spain

Duke of Prussia from 1525 to 1568

Queen consort of Spain (1545-1568)

Srimanta Sankardev (, ; 1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of the Bhakti movement in Assam. He is credited with building on past cultural relics and devising new forms of music (Borgeet), theatrical performance (Ankia Naat, Bhaona), dance (Sattriya), literary language (Brajavali). Besides, he has left a literary oeuvre of trans-created scriptures (Bhagavat of Sankardev), poetry and theological works written in Sanskrit,

English scholar and didactic writer (1515-1568)

Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance

Spanish Basque explorer

Polish Jesuit, saint, secondary patron of Poland (1550–1568)

Queen consort of Denmark and Norway

General and statesman in Flanders (1522-1568)

Portuguese botanist, physician, herbalist and naturalist (1501 – 1568)

16th century English Protestant reformer, physician and natural historian

Roman Catholic archbishop

noblewoman; Potential successor to the English throne (1540-1568)

Duke of Württemberg (1515–1568)

14th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate

Dutch admiral (1524-1568)

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel

Duchess of Prussia

Spanish Friar Minor, Catholic missionar in Mexico, Novohispanic mesoamericanist

Portuguese physician (1511-1568)

Italian historian and antiquary (1529-1568)

Prince of Moldavia

Tibetan Buddhist religious leader

Catholic cardinal

Italian theorist of painting (1508–1568)

Spanish conquistador

Swedish politician

humanist printer in Basel

king of Kongo from 1566 to 1567

Dutch noble (1531-1568)

Italian poet

English noblewoman

Spanish bishop, censor, inquisitor and politician (1483-1568)

Sufi saint and famous preacher in Java

Dutch writer (1505-1568)

Portuguese cartographer

princess of Orange

calendar maker, astronomer, astrologer

Cacique Guaicaipuro was a native (indigenous) Venezuelan chief of both the Teques and Caracas tribes. Though known today as Guaicaipuro, in documents of the time his name was written Guacaipuro.

Count of Arenberg

German editor, composer and physician

Count of Nassau (1540–1568)

Duchess consort of Pomerania (1502-1568)

Roman Catholic cardinal

Mennonite theologian from Friesland

Italian poet (1534-1568)

French printer (1510–1568)

Italian cardinal

flemish painter (1515–1568)

painter (c.1500-c.1568)

Dutch writer

16th-century Iranian scribe and historian

Russian bishop and saint

Italian physician and philosopher

Count of Nassau-Idstein (1564-1568)

Spanish artist (c.1502-1567)

Italian cardinal

French poet