Famous Deaths for Year 1580

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Deaths 1 - 23 of 23

Jan 18th - Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63
Jan 31st - Henry, King of Portugal, Cardinal, Epilepticus and Regent. Reigned 1578-80 (b. 1512)
Feb 2nd - Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558)
Feb 15th - Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies
Mar 3rd - Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies
Apr 1st - Alonso Mudarra, Spanish composer
May 27th - Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies
Jun 10th - Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal's national poet (Os Lusiados), dies
Jun 15th - Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Haarlem, dies at 70
Jun 18th - Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
Jul 25th - Baltazar Alvarez, Spanish jesuit/writer, dies at 47
Aug 1st - Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
Aug 19th - Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71
Aug 20th - Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)
Aug 25th - Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies
Aug 30th - Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies
Oct 27th - John Bonga, beggar, dies
Nov 3rd - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b. 1512)
Nov 9th - Gaspar Schetz, South Neth, minster of chief treasurer, dies at 67
Nov 21st - Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed
Nov 30th - Richard Farrant, English composer
Dec 1st - Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42
Dec 1st - Giovanni Morone, Italian theologian/diplomat/cardinal, dies at 71


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