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Catherine de' Medici
1519 – 1589
Regent
Catherine de' Medici (13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II. She was the mother of French kings Fra…
Mimar Sinan
1490 – 1588
Architect, Civil engineer, Scientist, Urban planner, Writer
Mimar Sinan (Ottoman Turkish: معمار سينان, romanized: Mi'mâr Sinân; Turkish: Mimar Sinan, pronounced [miːˈmaːɾ siˈnan]; c. 1488/1490 – 17 July 1588) also known…
Paolo Veronese
1528 – 1588
Painter, Draftsperson, Architectural drafter, Visual artist
Paolo Caliari (1528 – 19 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( VERR-ə-NAY-zay, -zee, US also -see; Italian: [ˈpaːolo veroˈneːze, -eːse]), was an Italian Ren…
Mary, Queen of Scots
1542 – 1587
Politician, Sovereign, Aristocrat, Queen regnant, Queen consort
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her…
Pierre de Ronsard
1524 – 1585
Poet, Writer
Pierre de Ronsard (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də ʁɔ̃saʁ]; 11 September 1524 – 27 December 1585) was a French poet. His works include Les Amours de Cassandre (1…
Pope Gregory XIII
1502 – 1585
Catholic priest, Transitional deacon
Pope Gregory XIII (Latin: Gregorius XIII, Italian: Gregorio XIII, born Ugo Boncompagni; 7 January 1502 – 10 April 1585) was head of the Catholic Church and rule…
William the Silent
1533 – 1584
Politician, Military leader
William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger; 24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange…
Ivan the Terrible
1530 – 1584
Politician, Raspevschik
Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Russian: Иван IV Васильевич; 25 August 1530 – 28 March [O.S. 18 March] 1584), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Mosc…
Teresa of Ávila
1515 – 1582
Writer, Philosopher, Founder of Catholic religious community, Religious sister, Cloistered nun, Poet
Teresa of Ávila (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), religious name Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun, pro…
Oda Nobunaga
1534 – 1582
Daimyo, Military leader
Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長; [o.da (|) no.bɯ(ꜜ).na.ɡa, -na.ŋa] ; 23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese samurai and daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Se…
Andrea Palladio
1508 – 1580
Architect, Art theorist
Andrea Palladio ( pə-LAH-dee-oh; Italian: [anˈdrɛːa palˈlaːdjo]; Venetian: Andrea Paładio; Padova, 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance…
Luís de Camões
1524 – 1580
Poet, Playwright, Writer, Military personnel
Luís Vaz de Camões (European Portuguese: [luˈiʒ ˈvaʒ ðɨ kaˈmõjʃ]; c. 1524 or 1525 – 10 June 1580), sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns ( KAM-oh-…
Gerolamo Cardano
1501 – 1576
Philosopher, Mathematician, Astrologer, Inventor, Engineer, Physician
Gerolamo Cardano (Italian: [dʒeˈrɔːlamo karˈdaːno]; also Girolamo or Geronimo; French: Jérôme Cardan; Latin: Hieronymus Cardanus; 24 September 1501– 21 Septembe…
Titian
1488 – 1576
Painter, Draftsperson, Architectural drafter, Printmaker, Visual artist
Tiziano Vecellio (Italian: [titˈtsjaːno veˈtʃɛlljo]; c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian ( TISH-ən), was an…
Selim II
1524 – 1574
Ruler
Selim II (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثانى, romanized: Selīm-i sānī; Turkish: II. Selim; 28 May 1524 – 15 December 1574), also known as Selim the Blond (Turkish: Sarı…
Giorgio Vasari
1511 – 1574
Painter, Architect, Art historian, Writer, Biographer, Art theorist
Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer known for his work Lives of the Most E…
Charles IX of France
1550 – 1574
Sovereign
Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the death o…
Pope Pius V
1504 – 1572
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
Pope Pius V, OP (Italian: Pio V; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (and from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri), was head of the Catholic Church…
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1525 – 1569
Painter, Printmaker, Draftsperson, Visual artist
Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder ( BROY-gəl, US also BROO-gəl; Dutch: [ˈpitər ˈbrøːɣəl] ; c. 1525–1530 – 9 September 1569) was among the mo…
Suleiman the Magnificent
1494 – 1566
Ruler, Legislator, Military leader, Politician, Sultan
Suleiman I (6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566. The longest reign among…