Notable Deaths In 1561

Jan 31 Menno simonsz: Dutch priest/vicar (foundation book),  

Feb 26 Jorge de montemayor: Spanish writer  

Mar 05 Carlo caraffa: Italian cardinal,  

Mar 25 Conrad lycosthenes: French-born german philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518)  

Oct 21 Johannes vasaeus: Flemish humanist/historian,  

Oct 27 Lope de aguirre: Spanish conquistador (b. 1510)  

Jan 06 Thomas fincke: Danish mathematician  

Jan 22 Francis bacon: England, statesman/essayist (novum organum)  

Mar 29 Santorio sanctorius: Trieste italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic  

Jun 24 Rombout hogerbeets: Lawyer/pension minister of leiden  

Jul 11 Luis de góngora: Spanish poet  

Aug 20 Jacopo peri: Composer  

Aug 25 Philippe van lansberge: Dutch astronomer  

Aug 29 Bartholomeus pitiscus: German mathematician (trigonometry)