Famous Deaths Happened In 1572
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
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), 


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