Famous Deaths for Year 1559
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Months in Year 1559: January March July August September October November
Deaths 1 - 14 of 14
Jan 1st - Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies
Jan 29th - Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
Mar 14th - Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed
Mar 16th - Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)
Mar 23rd - Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)
Mar 30th - Adam Ries, German mathematician (b. 1492)
Jul 10th - Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies
Aug 18th - Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83
Sep 7th - Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
Sep 10th - Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (b. 1501)
Oct 2nd - Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)
Nov 5th - Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83
Nov 18th - Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)
Nov 28th - Erasmus Sarcerius, German luthers theologist, dies at about 58
