Page 2: Historical Events In 1579

Dec 20   John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)   

Dec 21   Vicente Masip, Spanish painter   

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Jan 04   Willem teellinck: Dutch theologist/vicar   

Feb 09   John meursius: [van meurs], dutch historian   

Apr 12   Francois de bassompierre: Marshal of france   

Jul 13   Arthur dee: English physician    

Jul 25   Valerius otto: Composer   

Aug 01   Luís vélez de guevara: Spanish writer   

Aug 18   Charlotte flandrina van nassau: Daughter of willem i of orange   

Aug 24   John amner: Composer   

Feb 20   Nicholas bacon: English politician (b. 1509)   

Jun 25   Hatano hideharu: Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1541)   

Jun 30   Mehmed pasha sokolović: Turkish janissary   

Aug 05   Stanislaus hosius: Polish catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

Oct 24   Albrecht v von wittelsbach: Duke of bavaria,    

Nov 15   Ferenc dávid: Hungarian religious reformer (b. 1510)   

Nov 21   Thomas gresham: English merchant and financier   

Dec 21   Vicente masip: Spanish painter