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Famous People Who Died in 1538

  • Feb 12 Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57
  • Feb 16 Érard van de Mark, prince-bishop and cardinal of Liege, dies at 65
  • Feb 26 Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies
  • Mar 21 Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79
  • May 8 Edward Fox, English bishop
  • May 22 John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471)
  • Jun 30 Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelder and Earl of Zutphen, dies at 70

Diego de Almagro (1475-1538)

Jul 8 Castilian-Spanish conquistador of Chile and Peru, as "El Adelantado", executed by garotte and beheaded at Las Salinas at about 63 (born c. 1475)

  • Aug 20 Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake
  • Sep 14 Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg & Dietz, viceroy of Holland, dies