Editing 1603

{{About year|1603}}
{{Year nav|1603}}
[[File:Banten-city-Java-1724.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|[[February 25]]: The first permanent Dutch trading post in [[Indonesia]] is established in [[Banten]].]]
[[File:JamesIEngland.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[March 24]]: [[James VI and I|James I]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of England|England]].]]
[[File:Tokugawa Ieyasu2.JPG|thumb|200px|right|[[March 24]]: [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] becomes [[Shogun]] of Japan.]]
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{{Year article header|1603}}

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 24]] – [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)|Anglo-Spanish War]]: English Admiral [[Christopher Newport]] leads an unsuccessful attempt to take the Spanish-controlled Caribbean island of [[Jamaica]], where he was attempting to pillage the area to obtain supplies. The Spanish defenders repel the fleet, and Newport leads the attackers to the coast of Central America. 
* [[February 17]] – [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)|Anglo-Spanish War]]: The [[Battle of Puerto Caballos (1603)|Battle of Puerto Caballos]] is fought off of the coast of [[Guatemala]] by two Spanish Navy galleons, and eight English Navy and French pirate ships. The English-French soldiers and pirates, commanded by [[Christopher Newport]] and [[Michael Geare]], plunder Puerto Caballos over the next two weeks, and the Spanish defenders suffer 230 casualties.<ref>Hugh Bicheno, ''Elizabeth's Sea Dogs: How England's Mariners Became the Scourge of the Seas'' (Conway, 2012) p. 313</ref>
* [[February 25]] – [[Dutch–Portuguese War]]: the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] ship ''[[Santa Catarina (ship)|Santa Catarina]]'' is seized by [[Dutch East India Company]] ships off [[Singapore]]. 
* [[March 15]] – French explorer [[Samuel de Champlain]] departs from the Channel port of [[Honfleur]] in the [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] département in the [[Kingdom of France]] for his first voyage to the settlement of [[New France]] in what is now [[Canada]].<ref>Champlain, Samuel de, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130126100552/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/2830/ ''Concerning the Savages, or, the Voyage of Samuel Champlain, from Brouage, Made in New France in 1603'']</ref>
* [[March 24]]
** Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]] dies at [[Richmond Palace]] (having ruled since [[1558]]). She is succeeded by her first cousin twice removed, [[James VI and I|King James VI of Scotland]] (where he has ruled since [[1567]]), [[Union of the Crowns|uniting the crowns]] of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of England|England]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
** [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] is granted the title of ''[[shōgun]]'' from [[Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan|Emperor Go-Yozei]], and establishes the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]], Japan. The 265-year-long [[Edo period]] begins.
* [[March 30]] – The [[Nine Years War (Ireland)]] is ended by the submission of [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]], to the English Crown, and the signing of the [[Treaty of Mellifont]].

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 27]] – The first permanent Dutch trading post in [[Indonesia]] is established in [[Banten]] by Vice Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, who sets up a factory to store and package the trading commodity [[black pepper]].
* [[April 28]] – The funeral of [[Elizabeth I of England]] is held in [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Weir |first=Alison |title=Elizabeth the Queen |location=London |publisher=Pimlico |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-7126-7312-9 |page=486}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] – [[Moses Székely|Mozes Székely]] is installed as the [[List of princes of Transylvania|Prince of Transylvania]] by the Ottoman Sultan, [[Mehmed III]]. Székely is killed in battle on July 17. 
* [[May 13]] – In modern-day northern [[Thailand]], the rulers of [[Chiang Mai]] retake control of the [[Nan province]] and capture its ruler, Cao Cetabut.<ref>Sænluang Ratchasomphan and David K. Wyatt, ''The Nan Chronicle'' (SEAP Publications, 1994) p.69</ref>
* [[May 14]] – [[Pope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria]], leader of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Christian Church]], dies after a reign of almost 16 years. He is succeeded by [[Pope Mark V of Alexandria|Pope Mark V]].
* [[May 19]] – [[King's Men (playing company)|The King's Men]], a troupe of English professional actors composed primarily of former members of the [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]], is granted its royal patent by King James. The company will give the first performances of many of the plays of [[William Shakespeare]], who is one of the company's 26 principal actors. Named in order of priority on the patent are manager [[Lawrence Fletcher]], Shakespeare, and [[Richard Burbage]].<ref>F. E. Halliday, ''A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964'' (Penguin, 1964) p. 168</ref>
* [[May 26]] – The [[Battle of Sluis (1603)|Battle of Sluis]] is fought at sea off of the Belgian Netherlands as Spanish ships try unsuccessfully to break through a blockade port of the port of [[Sluis]]. The Spanish ships are forced to return to port after at least 414 sailors are killed.<ref>Cesáreo Fernández Duro, ''Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón'' ("The Spanish Armada after the Union of the Kingdoms of Castille and Aragon") (Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, 1898) p. 223</ref>
* [[May 29]] – A [[Tabagie (feast)|tabagie feast]] is held in [[Tadoussac, Quebec|Tadoussac]] in the modern-day Canadian province of [[Quebec]], as representatives of France ([[Samuel De Champlain]] and [[François Gravé Du Pont]], form an alliance with representatives of the [[Innu people|Innu]], [[Algonquin people|Algonquin]] and [[Maliseet people|Maliseet]] tribes.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = France in America: The Foundation of the Alliances / La France en Amérique: La fondation des alliances
| work = Library of Congress Global Gateway, France in America
| accessdate = 2013-07-07
| url = http://international.loc.gov/intldl/fiahtml/fiatheme3a.html
}}</ref>
* [[June 7]] – Prince [[Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III)|Şehzade Mahmud]] of the Ottoman Empire, the 16-year-old son of [[Murad III|Sultan Murad III]], is executed on orders of his father, on advice of the Grand Vizier, after being accused unjustly of an assassination plot.<ref>''The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire'', ed. by Selcuk Aksin Somel (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010) p.41</ref>

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 17]] &ndash; Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] is arrested in England on charges of [[treason]] and of conspiring with [[Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham|Lord Cobham]] in the "[[Main Plot]]" to overthrow King James for replacement by [[Lady Arbella Stuart]].<ref>''The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages'', ed. by A. R. Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf and J. P. Lamberton (Art Library Publishing Company, 1904) pp. 64-65</ref>
* [[July 25]] &ndash; The formal [[coronation of James I]] as [[Kingdom of England|King of England]] takes place at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> Ceremonies are limited because of plague.
* [[August 17]] &ndash; The [[Accademia dei Lincei]], the oldest scientific academy in the world, is founded in [[Rome]] by [[Federico Cesi]].
* [[September 20]]
** [[Samuel de Champlain|Samuel Champlain]] arrives back in [[France]].<ref>''Des Sauvages: ou voyage de Samuel Champlain, de Brouages, faite en la France nouvelle l'an 1603''.</ref>
** [[Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618)]]: Led by Iranian Emperor [[Abbas the Great]], the Safavid Army of Iran stages a surprise attack on [[Tabriz]], which had been taken from the Safavids by the Ottoman Empire in 1588. Tabriz is recaptured after 29 days.

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 6]] &ndash; On the Philippine island of [[Luzon]], the [[Sangley Rebellion]] against Spanish rule ends with the massacre of 20,000 [[Sangley]] [[Chinese people|Chinese]] residents in [[Manila]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~borao/2Profesores/massacre.pdf |title=The massacre of 1603: Chinese perception of the Spaniards in the Philippines |author=Jose Eugenio Borae |website=Homepage.ntu.edu.tw |access-date=2016-01-09}}</ref>
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Yemişçi Hasan Pasha]], the [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]], is executed on orders of Sultan Mehmed III, after failing to respond more quickly to the Safavid Empire's actions to take Tabriz. The Sultan appoints [[Yavuz Ali Pasha]], the Ottoman Governor of Egypt to replace Yemişçi Hasan.
* [[October 21]] &ndash; [[Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618)]]: The Safavid Army of Iran, led by Emperor [[Abbas the Great]],  recaptures [[Tabriz]] from the Ottoman Empire after 15 years of Ottoman occupation. 
* [[November 15]] &ndash; Having recaptured Tabriz from the Ottoman Empire, Abbas the Great leads the Safavids in a siege of [[Yerevan]].
* [[November 17]] &ndash; Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] goes on trial for [[treason]], in the converted Great Hall of [[Winchester Castle]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/> He is found guilty, but his life is spared by [[James VI and I|King James I]] at this time, and he is returned to imprisonment in the [[Tower of London]].
* [[November]] &ndash; [[Rokugō rebellion]]: More than 1,000 ''[[rōnin]]'' rebel in support of their exiled lord, [[Onodera Yoshimichi]], in Japan.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = The ghosts of Amakusa: localised opposition to centralised control in Higo Province, 1589–1590|last= Turnbull|first= Stephen|author-link= Stephen Turnbull (historian)|date = 2013|journal = Japan Forum|doi = 10.1080/09555803.2012.745586|publisher = [[Taylor & Francis]]|issue = 2|volume = 25|pages = 191–211|s2cid= 144893702}}</ref>
* [[December 22]] &ndash; Sultan [[Mehmed III]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] dies, and is succeeded by his son [[Ahmed I]].
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Yavuz Ali Pasha]], who had been appointed by Mehmed III in October as [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]], arrives at Constantinople to begin service. He dies from illness seven months later.

===Ongoing events===
* [[Russian famine of 1601–1603]].

=== Date unknown ===
* A rebellion breaks out in [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Transylvania]].
* French [[Huguenot]] Pierre de Gua is granted royal permission to settle in [[North America]], founding the [[colony]] of [[Acadia]].
* [[Yaqob]] is deposed as [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] for the first time by Za Sellase, who appoints his cousin [[Za Dengel]] to replace him.
* [[Johann Bayer]] publishes the [[Star cartography#Star atlases|star atlas]] ''[[Uranometria]]'', the first to cover the entire [[celestial sphere]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Isaac|last=Asimov|author-link=Isaac Asimov|title=[[Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology]]|edition=2nd}}</ref>
* Japanese female entertainer [[Izumo no Okuni]] originates [[kabuki]] dance drama in [[Kyoto]].
* The earliest of eight companies that will eventually merge to form the [[Kikkoman Corporation]], the producers of [[soy sauce]], is founded in [[Japan]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
[[File:Ivan III. Drašković.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Ivan III Drašković]]]]
[[File:Erbprinzchristiandenmark.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark]]]]
[[File:San Giuseppe da Copertino si eleva in volo alla vista della Basilica di Loreto.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Joseph of Cupertino]]]]

===January&ndash;March===
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Paul Stockmann]], German hymnwriter (d. [[1636]])
* [[January 27]]
** [[Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet]], English lawyer and politician, Speaker in 1660 (d. [[1685]])
** [[Humphrey Mackworth (Parliamentarian)|Humphrey Mackworth]], English politician, lawyer and judge (d. [[1654]])
* [[January 30]] &ndash; [[David Denicke]], German jurist and hymnwriter (d. [[1680]])
* January &ndash; [[Shackerley Marmion]], English dramatist (d. [[1639]])
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Louise de Bourbon]], French noble (d. [[1637]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Friederich Stellwagen]], German organ builder (d. [[1660]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] (1639–1669) (d. [[1669]])
* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[Pietro Novelli]], Italian painter (d. [[1647]])
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Ivan III Drašković]], Croatian nobleman and soldier (d. [[1648]])
* [[March 18]]  &ndash;  [[Simon Bradstreet]], English colonial magistrate (d. [[1697]])
* [[March 21]] ''bapt.'' &ndash; [[Samuel Luke]], English politician (d. [[1670]])

===April&ndash;June===
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Simon Paulli]], Danish physician (d. [[1680]])
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark]] (d. [[1647]])
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Michel le Tellier]], French statesman (d. [[1685]])
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Chamaraja Wodeyar VI]], King of Mysore (d. [[1637]])
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Thomas Allen (English politician)|Thomas Allen]], English politician (d. [[1681]])
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Herbert Croft (bishop)|Herbert Croft]], English churchman (d. [[1691]])
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Pietro Paolini]], Italian painter (d. [[1681]])
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Joseph of Cupertino]], Italian saint (d. [[1663]])
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Maria Overlander van Purmerland]], Dutch noble (d. [[1678]])

===July&ndash;September===
* [[July 11]]
** [[Sibylle Christine of Anhalt-Dessau]], Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (d. [[1686]])
** [[Kenelm Digby]], English privateer and alchemist (d. [[1665]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Davida Rubin|title=Sir Kenelm Digby, F.R.S., 1603-1665: A Bibliography Based on the Collection of K. Garth Huston Sr., M.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-V-upy_FdIC&pg=PR12|year=1991|publisher=Norman Publishing|isbn=978-0-930405-29-8|pages=12|language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Edward Benlowes]], English poet (d. [[1676]])
* [[July 23]] &ndash; [[Axel Lillie]], Swedish soldier and politician (d. [[1662]])
* [[July 27]] &ndash; [[Alonso de Ovalle]], Chilean priest and historian (d. [[1651]])
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Johannes Cocceius]], Dutch theologian (d. [[1669]])
* [[August 17]] &ndash; [[Lennart Torstensson]], Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. [[1651]])
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur]], Khan of Khiva, historian (d. [[1663]])
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Henri Valois]], French historian (d. [[1676]])
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[John Vaughan (judge)|John Vaughan]], Welsh judge (d. [[1674]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bywgraffiadur.cymru/article/c-VAUG-JOH-1603|title=Vaughan, Syr John (1603-1674), barnwr|author=John Gwynn Williams|website=Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig|access-date=1 July 2021|language=cy}}</ref>
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Yorifusa]], Japanese nobleman (d. [[1661]])

===October&ndash;December===
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Sir John Yonge, 1st Baronet]], English politician (d. [[1663]])
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Simon de Vos]], Flemish painter (d. [[1676]])
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Agneta de Graeff van Polsbroek]], Dutch noble (d. [[1656]])
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Augustyn Kordecki]], Polish prior of the Jasna Góra Monastery (d. [[1673]])
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[John, Count of Nassau-Idstein]] (1629–1677) (d. [[1677]])
* [[December 21]]
** [[Jean de Launoy]], French historian (d. [[1678]])
** [[Roger Williams]], English theologian and colonist (d. [[1684]])

=== Date unknown===
* [[Abel Janszoon Tasman]], Dutch seafarer and explorer (d. [[1659]])
* [[Louis Abelly]], French monk and priest (d. [[1691]])
* [[Margareta Brahe]], Swedish noble (d. [[1669]])
* [[John Ashburnham (MP)|John Ashburnham]], English Member of Parliament (d. [[1671]])
* [[Daniel Blagrave]], English Member of Parliament (d. [[1668]])
* [[Valentin Conrart]], one of the founders of the ''[[Académie française]]'' (d. [[1675]])<ref>{{cite book|author=James Bentley|title=The Gateway to France: Flanders, Artois and Picardy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JH4iAQAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Viking|isbn=978-0-670-83206-4|page=156}}</ref>
* [[Denis Gaultier]], French lutenist and composer (d. [[1672]])

=== Probable ===
* [[Aernout van der Neer]], Dutch painter (d. [[1677]])
* [[Alexandre de Prouville]], French statesman and soldier (d. [[1670]])
* [[William Stone (Maryland governor)|William Stone]], [[List of colonial governors of Maryland|Colonial governor of Maryland]] (d. c. [[1660]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:Cesalpino.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Andrea Cesalpino]]]]
[[File:Darnley_stage_3.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Elizabeth I of England]]]]
[[File:Ahmad al-Mansur.png|thumb|right|110px|[[Ahmad al-Mansur]]]]
[[File:CharronDet.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Pierre Charron]]]]
[[File:William Gilbert 45626i.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[William Gilbert (physicist)|William Gilbert]]]]
[[File:Thomas Cartwright.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Thomas Cartwright (theologian)|Thomas Cartwright]]]]

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Gim Myeong-won]], Korean politician (b. [[1534]])
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Francesco Zirano]], Italian priest, member of the Order of Friars Minor (b. [[1564]])
* [[February 7]]
** [[Bartholomäus Sastrow]], German politician (b. [[1520]])
** [[Hermann Wilken]], German humanist and mathematician (b. [[1522]])
* [[February 23]]
** [[Andrea Cesalpino]], Italian philosopher, physician and botanist (b. [[1519]])
** [[Franciscus Vieta]], French mathematician (b. [[1540]])
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress]], spouse of Maximilian II (b. [[1528]])
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg]]-Güstrow (1555–1603) (b. [[1527]])
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton]], Scottish peer who supported Mary, Queen of Scots (b. [[1553]])
* [[March 24]] &ndash; Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]] (b. [[1533]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth I {{!}} Biography, Facts, Mother, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Ikoma Chikamasa]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1526]])

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Aegidius Hunnius]], German theologian (b. [[1550]])
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]] (b. [[1539]])
* [[May 4]]
** [[Juraj IV Zrinski]], Count of Croatia (b. [[1549]])
** [[Stephan Praetorius]], German theologian (b. [[1536]])
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg]], German duke (b. [[1543]])
* June &ndash; [[Baldassare Donato]], Italian composer and singer (b. [[1525]])
* [[June 2]]
** [[Tanneke Sconyncx]], Alleged Flemish witch (b. [[1560]])
** [[Bernard of Wąbrzeźno]], Roman Catholic priest and a Benedictine monk from the Benedictine Abbey in Lubiń (b. [[1575]])
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Jan Dymitr Solikowski]], Polish archbishop, writer, and diplomat (b. [[1539]])

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Philippe de Monte]], Flemish composer (b. [[1521]])
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Joan Terès i Borrull]], viceroy of Catalonia (b. [[1538]])
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Richard Drake]], English courtier (b. [[1535]])
* [[July 17]]
** [[János Jacobinus]], Hungarian politician (b. [[1574]])
** [[Mózes Székely]], Hungarian noble (b. [[1553]])
* [[July 23]] &ndash; [[Santi di Tito]], Italian painter (b. [[1536]])
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Matthew Browne]], English politician (b. [[1563]])
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[John Townshend (died 1603)|John Townshend]], English politician (b. [[1568]])
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Silvio Antoniano]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1540]])
* [[August 25]]
** [[Ahmad al-Mansur]], Sultan of the Saadi Dynasty (b. [[1549]])
** [[Jan Zborowski]], Polish noble (b. [[1538]])
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Thomas Drury (1551–1603)|Thomas Drury]], English government informer and swindler (b. [[1551]])
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Barnim X, Duke of Pomerania]]-Stettin (1569–1603) (b. [[1549]])
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon]], English politician (b. [[1547]])
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Matsudaira Iemoto]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1548]])

=== October&ndash;December ===
* October &ndash; [[Ralph Lane]], English explorer (b. [[1530]])
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Jakob Monau]], Polish writer and linguist (b. [[1546]])
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford]], English baron (b. [[1535]])
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Johann Wanning]], Dutch composer, kapellmeister, and singer (b. [[1537]])
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg]] (1549–1603) (b. [[1528]])
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Irina Godunova]], Russian tsarina (b. [[1557]])
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[John VII, Count of Oldenburg]] (1573–1603) and Delmenhorst (1573–1597) (b. [[1540]])
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Pierre Charron]], French 16th-century Catholic theologian and philosopher (b. [[1541]])
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg]], Dutch countess, sister of William the Silent (b. [[1542]])
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł]], Polish nobleman (b. [[1547]])
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[William Gilbert (physicist)|William Gilbert]], English scientist (plague) (b. [[1544]])
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Maerten de Vos]], Flemish painter and draughtsman (b. [[1532]])
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[George Brooke (conspirator)|George Brooke]], English aristocrat (b. [[1568]])
* [[December 8]] &ndash; [[Girolamo Mattei]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1547]])
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[William Watson (priest)|William Watson]], English conspirator (b. [[1559]])
* [[December 22]] &ndash; [[Mehmed III]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1566]])
* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cartwright (theologian)|Thomas Cartwright]], English Puritan churchman (b. [[1535]])
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[John Joscelyn]], English clergyman and antiquarian as well as secretary to Matthew Parker (b. [[1529]])

===Date unknown===
* [[Edward Fenton]], English navigator
* [[Oleksander Ostrogski]], Polish nobleman (b. [[1571]])

===Approximate date===
* [[Gráinne O'Malley]], Irish chieftain and pirate (b. [[1530]])
* King [[Idris Alooma]] of the [[Bornu Empire|Kanem-Bornu Empire]]
* [[William Kempe|Will Kempe]], English comic performer<ref>{{cite book|author=William Shakespeare|title=History of the English drama and stage. The life of William Shakespeare...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hq0zAQAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=J.C. Winston|page=cii}}</ref>

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