Editing 1577 (section)

== Deaths ==
[[File:Erik_XIV_(1533-1577)_Domenicus_Verwildt.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Eric XIV of Sweden]]]]
[[File:Cuthbert Mayne.jpg|thumb|110px|Saint [[Cuthbert Mayne]]]]
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur]], Roman Catholic bishop (b. [[1524]])
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Adam von Bodenstein]], Swiss alchemist and physician (b. [[1528]])
* [[February 26]] &ndash; King [[Eric XIV of Sweden]] (b. [[1533]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Erik XIV {{!}} king of Sweden |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erik-XIV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach]] (b. [[1529]])
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Konrad Hubert]], German theologian and hymnwriter (b. [[1507]])
* May &ndash; [[Richard Aertsz]], Dutch painter (b. [[1482]])
* [[May 5]] &ndash; [[Viglius]], Dutch statesman (b. 1507)<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ie_kAAAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|page=149}}</ref>
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca]], Spanish noble and admiral (b. [[1514]])
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Alvise I Mocenigo]], [[Doge of Venice]] (b. [[1507]])
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[Daniel, Count of Waldeck]] (b. [[1530]])
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Orazio Samacchini]], Italian painter (b. [[1532]])
* [[July 23]] &ndash; [[Scipione Rebiba]], Italian cardinal (b. [[1504]])
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc]], Marshal of France (b. [[1502]])
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Thomas Smith (diplomat)|Thomas Smith]], English scholar and diplomat (b. [[1513]])
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Infanta Maria of Guimarães]] (b. [[1538]])
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva]], Spanish jurist and archbishop of Cuenca (b. [[1512]])
* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[Henry IX, Count of Waldeck]] (b. [[1531]])
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[George Gascoigne]], English poet (b. c. [[1525]])
* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu]] (b. [[1521]])
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Matsunaga Hisahide]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1508]])
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Cuthbert Mayne]], English saint (b. [[1543]])
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Achilles Gasser]], German physician and astrologer (b. [[1505]])
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Anna of Saxony]], princess consort of Orange (b. [[1544]])