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June 23, 1559Born on Wednesday June 24, 1559
- Johannes (Hans) Schnorr, Werdau, Sachsen, Germany († 1637)
- Cunera Knierke Cuinera Aernsdr Buyserogge, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1594)
- Cunera Aernsdr Buyserogge, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1594)
- Johannes Schnorr, Werdau, Sachsen, Deutschland († 1637)
- Knierke (Cunera) Aernsdochter Buyserogge, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1594)
- Cuinera Aernsdr van Buyserogge, Delft († 1594)
Died on Wednesday June 24, 1559
- Aleidis Canis (79), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Tönnes (Tönnies) von Maydell (49), Wredenshagen, Estonia
- Tönnis von Maydell zu Sutlem (49), Wredenshagen, Estonia
- Tönnies von Maydell
- Aleidis Canis (79), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
Born on June 24
- 1499 » Johannes Brenz, German theologian and the Protestant Reformer († 1570)
- 1519 » Theodore Beza, French theologian and scholar († 1605)
- 1532 » Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician († 1588)
- 1532 » William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel († 1573)
- 1535 » Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal († 1573)
- 1546 » Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author († 1610)
- 1587 » William Arnold, English-American settler († 1675)
- 1591 » Mustafa I, Ottoman sultan († 1639)
- 1614 » John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse
- 1616 » Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt († 1680)
Died on June 24
- 1398 » Hongwu, Chinese emperor (b. 1328)
- 1439 » Frederick IV, duke of Austria (b. 1382)
- 1503 » Reginald Bray, English architect and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1440)
- 1519 » Lucrezia Borgia, Italian wife of Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (b. 1480)
- 1520 » Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese commander (b. 1489)
- 1604 » Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, Lord Great Chamberlain (b. 1550)
- 1637 » Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (b. 1580)
- 1643 » John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
- 1766 » Adrien Maurice de Noailles, French soldier and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1678)
- 1778 » Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1714)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1559
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- January 15 » Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
- April 3 » The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
- May 2 » John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
- June 30 » King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
- August 22 » Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
- December 25 » Pope Pius IV is elected.