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1598 deaths

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Philip II of Spain

King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Japanese samurai and daimyo (1537–1598)

Abraham Ortelius

Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer (1527–1598)

Feodor I of Russia

Tsar of Russia (1584–1598)

Korean (Joseon) naval commander (1545 – 1598)

Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland

Queen consort of Poland and Sweden

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1520-1598)

16th century French printer and classical scholar

Italian chess player

John George, Elector of Brandenburg

Elector of Brandenburg and Regent of the Electorate of Saxony

Abdullah Khan II

Shaybanid Khan of Bukhara from 1583 to 1598

engraver, goldsmith and editor (1528-1598)

Benito Arias Montano

Spanish orientalist, editor and polymath (1527–1598)

Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan

daughter of Mihrimah Sultan and Rüstem Pasha

Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde

Flemish writer and noble (1540-1598)

Lucrezia d'Este

daughter of Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

Hadım Hasan Pasha

Ottoman Grand Vizier

Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg

English globemaker (died 1598)

Scipione Pulzone

Italian painter (1550-1598)

Heinrich Rantzau

German humanist writer, astrologer, and astrological writer (1526–1598)

Joachim Camerarius the Younger

German scientist (1534-1598)

Jacopino del Conte

Italian painter (1513-1598)

Michele Bonelli

Catholic cardinal

Philipp of Bavaria

Roman Catholic Cardinal (1576-1598)

Muhammad Hassan of Brunei

Sultan of Brunei

Italian philosopher (1548-1598)

Chinese general

Polish painter (c.1550-1598)

Richard, Count Palatine of Simmern

Count Palatine of Simmern

Italian historian (1540-1598)

Korean Confucianist (1535-1598)

Ludwig Helmbold

Rokkaku Yoshikata

16th-century Indian philosopher

Martín García Óñez de Loyola

Royal Governor of Chile

Scipione Lancelotti

Mechtelt van Lichtenberg

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1520-1598)

Welsh Franciscan friar and Catholic martyr

Italian anatomist (ca. 1530-1598)

Gillis Mostaert

Flemish painter (1528-1598)

Alexander Montgomerie

Scottish courtier and poet

Friedrich Dedekind

German theologian

French lutist, musician and music publisher

Dominican musician and composer

Giovanni Dragoni

Italian composer

French theologian and historian (1540–1598)

Michael Eytzinger

Austrian nobleman, diplomat, historian, and publicist

French engraver of Angers

Benedetto Caliari

Italian painter (1538-1598)

German historian, writer (1543-1598)

Francesco Corner

Italian cardinal

German businessman (1531-1598)

Jakob III Fugger

Simon de Cordes

Dutch merchant and explorer

British writer and translator

Ottoman translator

Thomas Stapleton

English Catholic controversialist