1586 deaths

English poet, courtier, diplomat (1554-1586)

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1576–1586)

German Renaissance artist (1515–1586)

Carniolan writer, Protestant reformer (1508-1586)

Habsburg noble (1522-1586)

Duke of Parma (1524-1586)

German prince

duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1526-1586)

duchess consort of Mecklenburg

Mahesh Das (; 1528 16 February 1586), popularly known by his title Rajah Birbal (), was an Indian minister and commander of the Mughal Empire. He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit. He was appointed by Akbar and was one of his most important courtiers, part of a group called the navaratnas (nine jewels). In February 1586, he led an army to crush an unrest in the north-west Indian subcontinent now modern day Swat District Pakistan where he was killed along with many troops in an ambush which turned into a full-scale battle against rebelling Yusu

Italian mathematician and cosmographer (1536–1586)

Lutheran theologian and reformer

Burgundian advisor to Margaret of Parma, later cardinal, and minister of the Spanish Habsburgs (1517-1586)

16th-century Spanish painter (1509–1586)

Spanish theologian and economist

Prince of Anhalt

German physician and botanist (1528-1586)

English martyr and saint of Roman Catholic Church (1555-1586)

English nobleman convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England (1561-1586)

Flemish Renaissance painter (1503-1580)

Italian scholar, humanist and man of letters (1521-1586)

Margrave of Baden (1540-1586)

Canon law historian (1517-1586)

Catholic cardinal

daimyō

Japanese samurai who was the fourth son of the famed feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga and was adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at a young age

Duke of Brzeg from 1547 until his death

daimyo

Italian courtesan, mistress of the future king Henry II of France

Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1550-1586)

Sister to Anne of Cleves

Swiss theologian

Governor of Provence

daimyo

Indian king

Count of Schwarzburg, then Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1532-1586)

lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England; (1530-1586)

German artist (1490-1565)

Japanese samurai

Catholic cardinal (1548-1586)

(1510-1586)

Countess of Rietberg, 1565-1576 and 1584-1586

German musician

Italian cardinal (1522-1586)

politician

Tupinambá convert to Christianity and visionary

son of emperor Ōgimachi

96th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church

Grandfather of Czar Michael I of Russia

Safavid Crown Prince (1568–1586)

politician

English politician and courtier

politician (1522-1586)

daimyo

Italian painter (1540-1586)

English conspirator and poet

daimyo

Dutch statesman

French viscount

Japanese samurai lord and senior retainer