Famous Deaths Happened In 1591

Jan 07 On this day in history jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59  

Jan 19 On this day in history edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60  

Feb 05 On this day in history gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies  

May 15 On this day in history death of dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9  

May 17 In the year 1591 jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51  

Jun 21 In the year 1591 aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies  

Jul 02 On this day in history death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)  

Jul 18 On this day in history jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40  

Aug 23 In the year 1591 luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies  

Sep 12 Richard Grenville, vice-admiral (Roanoke) dies in battle at 49 on this day in history.  

Oct 16 Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Nov 20 In the year 1591 death of christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)  

Dec 14 On this day in history juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies  

Dec 30 On this day in history innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (d. 1646)  

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of josé Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)  

Feb 25 On this day in history birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)  

Mar 15 Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

May 26 On this day in history birth of dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer  

Jun 16 Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 24 Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) was born in the year 1591.  

Sep 08 In the year 1591 birth of jacqueline M A de Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess