Curated category
1560s births
- John Davies of HerefordJohn Davies of Hereford was born around 1565 in the city of Hereford. He worked as a writing-master, teaching others how to write and read during the early…
- Duarte LoboDuarte Lobo entered the world in Alcáçovas, a town nestled in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal. His early years unfolded quietly before he became one…
- Marcus Gheeraerts the YoungerMarcus Gheeraerts the Younger was born in Bruges around 1561 or 1562. His father Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder fled to England with his son to escape…
- John Bull (composer)The year 1562 or 1563 marks the uncertain birth of John Bull, an English composer and organist whose origins remain a subject of historical debate.
- John DowlandJohn Dowland remains a figure shrouded in biographical uncertainty, with his birthplace contested between London and Dublin.
- Ferdinando GorgesFerdinando Gorges arrived in the world between 1565 and 1568, likely within the London town house his family kept in Clerkenwell.
- Thomas HarriotThomas Harriot was born in 1560 within the city of Oxford. He entered St Mary Hall, a college at Oxford University, and his name appeared in the hall's…
- Robert ArminRobert Armin entered the Goldsmiths' Company in 1581 as a young man from King's Lynn. His father John Armyn II worked as a tailor and maintained friendships…
- Thomas ThorpeThomas Thorpe was born in 1569 to an innkeeper father in Barnet, Middlesex. He spent nine years working as an apprentice under Richard Watkins in a small…