Famous Deaths for Year 1597
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Months in Year 1597: January February March May June July October December
Deaths 1 - 13 of 13
Jan 29th - Elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530)
Feb 2nd - Lucas van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 61
Feb 15th - Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66
Mar 10th - Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies
May 20th - Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle
Jun 2nd - Diederik Sonoy, German/Neth governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67
Jun 9th - Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies
Jun 20th - Willem Barentsz/Barents, Dutch navigator. Barents Sea named after him
Jul 20th - Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Neth publisher, dies
Oct 4th - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550)
Oct 9th - Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1537)
Dec 18th - Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67
Dec 21st - Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76
