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Famous People Born in 1558

  • May 15 Andrew of Austria, Austrian nobleman (Margrave of Burgau), clergyman (Catholic cardinal and bishop), and Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands (1598-1599), born in Bresnitz Castle, Březnice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1600)
  • Jul 11 Robert Greene, English writer (Friar Bacon), born in Norwich, England (d. 1592)
  • Aug 19 Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer and historian (Historia Belgica), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1607)
  • Sep 9 Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier, born in Nomeny, Meurthe-et-Moselle (d. 1602)
  • Oct 12 Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit, born in Riom, France (d. 1651)
  • Oct 12 Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (1612-18), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1618)

Thomas Kyd (1558-1594)

Nov 6 English dramatist (The Spanish Tragedy), born in London