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== Deaths ==
[[File:Saint Angela Merici.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Angela Merici]]]]
[[File:Cromwell,Thomas(1EEssex)01.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Thomas Cromwell]]]]
[[File:Arolsen Klebeband 01 463 4.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Dawit II|Lebna Dengel]]]]
* c. January &ndash; [[Elizabeth Blount]], mistress of [[Henry VIII of England]] (b. [[1502]])
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Angela Merici]], Italian religious leader and saint (b. [[1474]])
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg]], German statesman and archbishop of Salzburg (b. [[1469]])
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Afonso of Portugal, Cardinal|Afonso of Portugal]], Catholic cardinal (b. [[1509]])
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[Juan Luís Vives]], Spanish scholar (b. [[1492]])
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Francesco Guicciardini]], Italian statesman and historian (b. [[1483]])
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Konrad von Thüngen]], German noble (b. c. [[1466]])
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[John Zápolya]], King of Hungary (b. c. [[1490]])
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex]], English statesman (executed) (b. c.[[1485]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Derrik Mercer|title=Chronicle of the Royal Family|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivo9okUs30wC|date=February 1993|publisher=Chronicle Communications|isbn=978-1-872031-20-0|page=155}}</ref>
* [[July 30]]
** [[Thomas Abel (martyr)|Thomas Abel]], English priest (martyred) (b. c. [[1497]])
** [[Robert Barnes (martyr)|Robert Barnes]], English reformer (martyred) (b. [[1495]])
** [[Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], Prince of Calenberg (1491–1540) (b. [[1470]])
* [[August 23]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Budé]], French scholar (b. [[1467]])<ref>{{cite book|author=K. Staikos|title=Charta of Greek Printing: Fifteenth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sd1EAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Dinter|isbn=978-3-924794-19-4|page=265}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Parmigianino|Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (Parmigianino)]], Italian artist (b. [[1503]])
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua]] (b. [[1500]])
* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[Dawit II|Lebna Dengel]], Emperor of Ethiopia (in battle) (b. [[1501]])
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Enrique de Borja y Aragón]], Spanish noble of the House of Borgia (b. [[1518]])
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Infante Edward, 4th Duke of Guimarães|Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães]], son of King Manuel I of Portugal (b. [[1515]])
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Helius Eobanus Hessus]], German Latin poet (b. [[1488]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Francisco de Ulloa]], Spanish explorer
* ''probable''
** [[Tristão da Cunha]], Portuguese explorer (b. [[1460]])
** [[Johann Georg Faust]], German alchemist (b. [[1480]])