Editing 1578 (section)

== Births ==
[[File:William Harvey 2.jpg|thumb|110px|[[William Harvey]]]]
[[File:Felipe-III-de-Espana A-Vidal.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Philip III of Spain]]]]
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Agnes of Solms-Laubach]], Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (d. [[1602]])
* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Christopher Clitherow]], Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament (d. [[1641]])
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Cornelius Haga]], Dutch diplomat (d. [[1654]])
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Adam Elsheimer]], German artist working in Rome, who died at only thirty-two (d. [[1610]])
* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[William Harvey]], English physician (d. [[1657]])<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - William Harvey |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/harvey_william.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[April 14]] &ndash; King [[Philip III of Spain]] (d. [[1621]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kwg1AAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Grolier|isbn=978-0-7172-0133-4|page=887|language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Maximilian van der Sandt]], Dutch theologian (d. [[1656]])
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Christian Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen]] (1601–1642) (d. [[1642]])
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Claude, Duke of Chevreuse]] (d. [[1657]])
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea]], Member of Parliament (d. [[1639]])
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. [[1637]])
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Philipp Hainhofer]], German merchant, banker, diplomat and art collector (d. [[1647]])
* [[July 27]] &ndash; [[Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond]], British duchess (d. [[1639]])
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau]], regent of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. [[1648]])
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes]], first duke of Chaulnes (d. [[1621]])
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Matteo Rosselli]], Italian painter (d. [[1650]])
* [[August 17]]
** [[Francesco Albani]], Italian painter (d. [[1660]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Levey|title=The Later Italian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKDqAAAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Phaidon Publishers|page=51}}</ref>
** [[Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]], first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. [[1638]])
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[John Taylor (poet)|John Taylor]], English poet who dubbed himself ''The Water Poet'' (d. [[1653]])
* [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Maculani]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1667]])
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[John Prideaux]], English academic administrator and Anglican bishop (d. [[1650]])
* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1641]])
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Baldassare Aloisi]], Italian painter (d. [[1638]])
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Christine of Hesse-Kassel (1578–1658)|Christine of Hesse-Kassel]], Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Coburg (d. [[1658]])
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg]], Duke of Jülich and Berg (1614–1635) (d. [[1653]])
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Maximilian of Liechtenstein]], Austrian nobleman and Imperial General (d. [[1645]])
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[Agostino Agazzari]], Italian composer and music theorist (d. [[1640]])
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Okaji no Kata]], Japanese concubine of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] (d. [[1642]])
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne]], French noble (d. [[1621]])
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[Henry Bulstrode]], English Member of Parliament (d. [[1643]])
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Ulrik of Denmark (1578–1624)|Ulrik of Denmark]], Danish prince-bishop (d. [[1624]])
* ''approx. date'' &ndash; [[Fede Galizia]], Italian painter
* ''date unknown''
** [[Giambattista Andreini]], Italian actor and playwright (d. [[1650]])
** Yamada Arinaga, Japanese retainer of the Shimazu clan (d. [[1668]])
** [[Benedetto Castelli]], Italian scientist (d. [[1643]])
** [[Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry]], English lawyer (d. [[1640]])
** [[Iwasa Matabei]], Japanese painter (d. [[1650]])
** [[Samuel Jordan]], American colonial legislator (d. [[1623]])
** [[Grzegorz IV Radziwiłł]], Polish magnate (d. [[1613]])
** [[François Ravaillac]], killer of Henry IV of France (d. [[1610]])
** [[Ambrose Rookwood]], English [[Gunpowder Plot]] conspirator (d. [[1606]])
** [[Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland]] (d. [[1632]])
** [[Horio Tadauji]], Japanese daimyō (d. [[1604]])
** [[Everard Digby]], English conspirator (d. [[1606]])