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1594 deaths
- TintorettoJacopo Robusti was born in Venice during the late months of 1518. His father, Battista, worked as a dyer, a trade that gave Jacopo his nickname Tintoretto…
- Thomas KydThomas Kyd entered the world through a church record on the 6th of November 1558. The entry at St Mary Woolnoth in London listed him as the son of Francis…
- Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina arrived in the world between the 3rd of February 1525 and the 2nd of February 1526 within the town of Palestrina.
- Gerardus MercatorGeert Kremer arrived in the world on the 5th of March 1512 within the village of Rupelmonde. His father Hubert worked as a shoemaker while his mother…
- Martin FrobisherMartin Frobisher was probably born in 1535 or 1536, the son of merchant Bernard Frobisher and Margaret York. His father died prematurely in 1542, leaving the…
- Bálint BalassiBaron Valentinus Balassa de Kékkő et Gyarmat entered the world on the 20th of October 1554 in Zvolen. This town sat within the Captaincy of Cisdanubia and…