Famous Deaths for Year 1568
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Months in Year 1568: February March May June July September October December
Deaths 1 - 18 of 18
Feb 15th - Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36
Feb 19th - Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80
Mar 20th - Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st Duke of Prussia, dies at 77
May 23rd - Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27
Jun 1st - Duke of Alva and authority of Council of Troubles behead 18 nobles in Brussels for treason and heresy
Jun 1st - Gijsbert van Bronkhorst-Batenburg, calvinist leader, beheaded
Jun 5th - Lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded
Jun 5th - Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded
Jun 5th - Willem Key, painter, dies at about 47
Jul 6th - Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61
Jul 23rd - Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23
Jul 24th - Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)
Sep 24th - Antoon van Stralen, Flemish mayor of Antwerp, beheaded at about 47
Oct 3rd - Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23
Oct 14th - Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer
Oct 28th - Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)
Dec 23rd - Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England
Dec 31st - Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493)
