Famous Birthdays In 1588

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)

Jan 12 In the year 1588 birth of jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter

Feb 12 On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass

Feb 19 On this day in history birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies

Feb 26 On this day in history birth of nicolaus Erich, composer

Apr 05 On this day in history birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)

Apr 15 Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history.

May 13 Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.

May 28 On this day in history birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)

Jun 09 On this day in history birth of johann Andreas Herbst, composer

Jun 11 In the year 1588 birth of george Wither, English writer (d. 1667)

Sep 01 On this day in history birth of henry II, Prince of Condé, French nobleman (d. 1646)

Sep 08 On this day in history birth of marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher (Cartesian)

Sep 10 On this day in history birth of nicholas Lanier, composer

Nov 27 Valerius Andreas, [Walter Driessens], Flemish historian was born on this day in history.

Dec 10 Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637) was born in the year 1588.

Dec 24 On this day in history birth of constance of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1631)

Jan 05 In the year 1588 death of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (b. 1528)

Feb 09 Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies on this day in history.

Feb 10 Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 in the year 1588.

Feb 24 On this day in history death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist

Mar 10 On this day in history death of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (b. 1533)

Mar 17 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies in the year 1588.

Apr 04 Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53 in the year 1588.

Apr 19 In the year 1588 paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies