Notable Deaths In 1572

Feb 23 Pierre certon: French composer  

Feb 28 Aegidius tschudi: Swiss historian (b. 1505)  

Mar 02 Mem de sá: Portuguese governor-general of brazil  

Mar 27 Girolamo maggi: Italian renaissance man (b. abt. 1523)  

May 01 Pius v: [antonio ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/pope (1566-72),  

Jun 02 Thomas howard 4th duke of norfolk: English earl, executed at 36  

Jun 07 August i [sigismund ii august]: King of poland (1548-72),  

Jun 09 Jeanne d'albret: Queen of navarra,  

Jun 24 Adrianus van gouda: Lay brother, hanged  

Jul 07 Sigismund ii august: Last jagellonen king of poland,  

Aug 05 Isaac luria: Palestinian-born kabbalist (b. 1534)  

Aug 20 Miguel lópez de legazpi: Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)  

Aug 22 Thomas percy: 7th earl of northumberland (b. 1528)  

Aug 24 Gaspard de châtillon: Count the coligny, french gen/admiral, beheaded  

Aug 26 Petrus ramus: French philosopher (b. 1515)  

Aug 27 Claude goudimel: French composer  

Sep 05 Pieter tichelmann: Flemish franciscan,  

Sep 30 Francisco borgia: Theologist/saint,  

Oct 24 Edward stanley: 3rd earl of derby, english politician (bc. 1508)  

Nov 23 Agnolo di cosimo: Italian artist and poet (b. 1503)  

Nov 24 John knox: Scottish preacher,  

Dec 10 Cornelis musius: Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72  

Dec 30 Galeazzo alessi: Italian architect (palazza marino, milan),  

Feb 14 Hans christoph haiden: Composer  

Apr 04 William strachey: English writer  

Apr 14 Adam tanner: Austrian mathematician  

Jun 11 Ben jonson: England, playwright/poet (volpone, alchemist)  

Jun 24 Jan campanus: Composer  

Sep 15 Erasmus widmann: Composer  

Nov 08 Johan sigismund: Elector of brandenburg/duke of prussia  

Nov 13 Cyril lucaris: Greek theologian