Editing 1556 (section)

== Births ==
[[File:Maria of Nassau.jpg|thumbnail|right|110px|[[Countess Maria of Nassau (1556–1616)|Countess Maria of Nassau]]]]
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Uesugi Kagekatsu]], Japanese samurai and warlord (d. [[1623]])
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Christian Barnekow (1556–1612)|Christian Barnekow]], Danish noble, explorer and diplomat (d. [[1612]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bohlen-Bohlendorf |first1=Julius von |title=Der Bischofs-Roggen und die Güter des Bisthums Roeskild |date=1850 |publisher=Löffler |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldpAAAAAcAAJ&dq=Christian+Barnekow+%2224+januar+1556%22&pg=PA24 |access-date=11 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Dorothea of Hanau-Münzenberg]], German noblewoman (d. [[1638]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Countess Maria of Nassau (1556–1616)|Countess Maria of Nassau]] (d. [[1616]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beets |first1=Nicolaas |last2=Bond |first2=Nederlandsche Militaire |title=Onder Neerlands vlag: album ter herdenking van het vijf en twintig jarig bestaan van den Nederlandschen militairen bond : 1874-1899 |date=1899 |publisher=Van Holkema & Warendorf |page=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GINVAAAAcAAJ&dq=Maria+van+Nassau+%227+februari+1556%22&pg=PA153 |access-date=11 October 2023 |language=nl}}</ref>
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[Tōdō Takatora]], Japanese daimyō (d. [[1630]])<ref>{{cite book |first1=Chris|last1=Glenn |title=The Samurai Castle Master |date=2022 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books |isbn=978-1-3990-9658-4 |page=1 |url=https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Samurai-Castle-Master-Hardback/p/21669 |access-date=11 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Sethus Calvisius]], German calendar reformer (d. [[1615]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sittard |first1=Josef |title=Compendium der Geschichte der Kirchenmusik mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des kirchlichen Gesanges: von Ambrosius zur Neuzeit |date=1881 |publisher=Levy & Müller |page=201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4RDBE21z-QC&dq=Sethus+Calvisius+%2221+februar+1556%22&pg=PA201 |access-date=11 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Guillaume du Vair]], French statesman and philosopher (d. [[1621]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=St James Press|author2=Anthony Levi|author3=Retired Professor of French Anthony Levi|title=Guide to French Literature: Beginnings to 1789|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqkRAQAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-159-6|page=265}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Dirck van Os]], Dutch merchant (d. [[1615]])
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[David Hoeschel]], German librarian (d. [[1617]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brucker |first1=Johann Jakob |title=Ehren-tempel der Deutschen Gelehrsamkeit: in welchem die Bildnisse gelehrter |date=1747 |publisher=Haid |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hgJq4glvHT8C&dq=David+Hoeschel+%228+april+1556%22&pg=PA98 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Andreas von Auersperg]], Carniolan noble and military commander in the battle of Sisak (d. [[1593]])
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[François Béroalde de Verville]], French writer (d. [[1626]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haag |first1=Eugène |title=La France protestante: ou, Vies des protestants français|date=1852 |publisher=J. Cherbuliez |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IxNAQAAMAAJ&dq=Fran%C3%A7ois+B%C3%A9roalde+de+Verville+%2227+avril+1556%22&pg=PA10 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556–1600)|Jerzy Radziwiłł]], Polish Catholic cardinal (d. [[1600]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 12, 1583 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1583.htm#Radziwill |website=cardinals.fiu.edu}}</ref>
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche]], English politician and diplomat (d. [[1625]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Zouche, Edward la, eleventh Baron Zouche|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30301|year=2004 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30301}}</ref>
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Pomponio Nenna]], Italian composer (d. [[1608]])<ref>{{cite web |title=NENNA, Pomponio |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/pomponio-nenna_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ |website=www.treccani.it |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
* [[June 24]]
** [[Victoria of Valois]], French princess (d. 1556)
** [[Joan of Valois (1556)|Joan of Valois]], French princess (d. 1556)
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Finch, 1st Countess of Winchilsea]], English countess (d. [[1634]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stephen |first1=Leslie |title=Dictionary of National Biography |date=1891 |publisher=Macmillan |page=409 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UycJAAAAIAAJ&dq=Elizabeth+Finch+%229+july+1556%22&pg=PA409 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach]] (d. [[1604]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Back |first1=Friedrich |title=Die evangelische Kirche im Lande zwischen Rhein, Mosel, Nahe und Glan bis zum Beginn des 30jährigen Krieges: ¬Theil ¬II, ¬Die Reformation der Kirche sowie der Kirche Schicksale und Gestaltung bis zum Jahre 1620; Abth. 1 |date=1873 |publisher=Marcus |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uNJgAAAAcAAJ&dq=Otto+Heinrich+%2222+juli+1556%22&pg=PA145 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[James Melville (1556–1614)|James Melville]], Scottish divine and reformer (d. [[1614]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stephen |first1=Leslie |title=The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 by George Smith |date=1922 |publisher=H. Milford |page=241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xZ7Xp-wvpHwC&dq=James+Melville+%2226+july+1556%22&pg=PA241 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Philipp Nicolai]], German Lutheran pastor (d. [[1608]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wendt |first1=Hans Hinrich |title=Dr. Philipp Nicolai |date=1859 |publisher=Nolte & Köhler |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LsI5AAAAcAAJ&dq=Philipp+Nicolai+%2210+august+1556%22&pg=PA4 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Bartolomeo Cesi]], Italian painter (d. [[1629]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crespi |first1=Luigi |title=La Certosa di Bologna descritta nelle sue pitture |date=1793 |publisher=A san Tommaso d'Aquino |page=45 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qV-xwYldIxIC&dq=Bartolomeo+Cesi+%2216+agosto+1556%22&pg=PA45 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[William Harris (Tudor person)|William Harris]], English knight (d. [[1616]])
* [[October 18]]
**[[Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf]], French duke and nobleman (d. [[1605]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Moreau |first1=Jean |title=Histoire de ce qui s'est passé en Bretagne |date=1836 |publisher=Brest |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ql0IAAAAQAAJ&dq=Charles+I+d%27Elbeuf+%2218+octobre+1556%22&pg=PA25 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
**[[John Dormer (of Dorton)|John Dormer]], English Member of Parliament (d. [[1626]])<ref>{{cite web |title=DORMER, Sir John (1556-1627), of Dorton and Long Crendon, Bucks. |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/dormer-sir-john-1556-1627 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Caccini]], Italian artist (d. [[1613]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pope-Hennessy |first1=Sir John Wyndham |title=Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture |date=1986 |publisher=Phaidon |isbn=978-0-7148-2417-8 |page=261 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gWbsAAAAMAAJ&q=%2224%20october%201556%22 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Ahmad Baba al Massufi]], Malian academic (d. [[1627]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Akyeampong |first1=Emmanuel Kwaku |last2=Gates Jr |first2=Henry Louis |title=Dictionary of African Biography |date=2 February 2012 |publisher=OUP USA |isbn=978-0-19-538207-5 |page=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&dq=%2226+october+1556%22+Ahmad+Baba+al-Timbukti&pg=PA124 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Jacques Davy Duperron]], French cardinal (d. [[1618]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of June 9, 1604 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1604.htm#Perron |website=cardinals.fiu.edu |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[Francesco Contarini]], Doge of Venice (d. [[1624]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rendina |first1=Claudio |title=I dogi: storia e segreti |date=1984 |publisher=Newton Compton |page=350 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUwiAQAAIAAJ&q=%2228%20novembre%201556%22 |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford]], English countess (d. [[1588]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nelson |first1=Alan H. |title=Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford |date=1 August 2003 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=978-1-78138-772-6 |page=309 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rnRvEAAAQBAJ&dq=Anne+Cecil+%225+december+1556%22&pg=PA309 |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana]], Indian composer (d. [[1627]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Barbara Stoler |title=The Powers of Art: Patronage in Indian Culture |date=1992 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-562842-5 |page=203 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3_WAAAAMAAJ&q=%2217%20december%201556%22 |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[Jeanne de Lestonnac]], French saint (d. [[1640]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Margaret Clitherow]], English Catholic martyr (d. [[1586]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=George H. |title=A New Manuscript of Mush's Life of Margaret Clitherow |journal=Journal for Manuscript Research |date=1966 |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=103–106 |doi=10.1484/J.MSS.3.464 |url=https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.MSS.3.464?journalCode=mss |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref>
** [[Ahmad Baba al Massufi]], Sudanese writer and political leader (d. [[1627]])<ref>{{cite book |title=International Bulletin |date=1973 |publisher=Africa Institute of South Africa |page=396 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmbjAAAAMAAJ&q=%2226%20october%201556%22 |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Alexander Briant]], English Jesuit martyr (d. [[1581]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Briant, Alexander [St Alexander Briant]|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-3378|year=2004 |access-date=12 October 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/3378}}</ref>