Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584)
Mar 28 Grand Prince of Moscow (1533-47) and 1st Tsar of Russia (1547-75 and 1576-84), dies of a stroke while playing chess at 53 [O.S. 18 Mar]
William I of Orange (1533-1584)
Jul 10 Dutch nobleman and revolutionary known as 'the Silent' who led the revolt against Spanish rule and founded the House of Orange-Nassau (Prince of Orange, 1544-84), assassinated at 51 by Balthasar Gérard in Delft, Holland
- Jul 12 Steven Borough, English explorer, dies at 58
- Jul 23 John Day, English protestant printer (Book of Martyrs) (b. 1522)
- Aug 4 John van Hembyze, Flemish Calvinist, dies at 71
- Aug 22 Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530)
- Nov 3 Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Milan (1564-84), dies at 46
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