Events
Births
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Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and heretic, (burned at the stake) 1600
- Cornelis Ketel , Dutch painter
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Carel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet (d. 1606)
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Francesco Soriano, Italian composer of the Roman School
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Simon Stevin, Dutch mathematician and engineer
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Tomás Luis de Victoria, renowned Spanish composer
Deaths