Jan 31 Bairam Khan, Great Mughal General, regent for Akbar Jan 31 Menno Simons, Dutch priest and vicar whose followers are named the Mennonites, dies at around 65 Feb 26 Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer Mar 4 Carlo Carafa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 Mar 25 Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518) Oct 21 Johannes Vasaeus, Flemish humanist/historian, dies at about 49 Oct 27 Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510) 1560 Famous Deaths by Year 1562 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning
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