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Born on Sunday October 16, 1583
- Richard Phelps, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
- Simon Jans, Geel, Belgie
- Etienne DELAFOY, Sermaises
- Anthony van Ghesel
- Hans Helber, Haiterbach, Calw, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany († 1644)
Died on Sunday October 16, 1583
- Renée de THELIGNY, Savonnières, 37243, Indre et Loire, Centre, Frankrijk
- Theda TJABBERN (39), Norden, Aurich, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
- Renée van Théligny (63), Savonnières, Centre
- Agge (58)
- Theda Tjabbern (19), Norden, Aurich, Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
Born on October 16
- 1483 » Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal and diplomat († 1542)
- 1535 » Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai († 1585)
- 1588 » Luke Wadding, Irish Franciscan friar and historian († 1657)
- 1605 » Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy, French writer and composer († 1677)
- 1620 » Pierre Paul Puget, French painter and sculptor († 1694)
- 1678 » Anna Waser, Swiss painter († 1714)
- 1679 » Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech viol player and composer († 1745)
- 1710 » András Hadik, Austrian-Hungarian field marshal († 1790)
- 1714 » Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist and academic († 1795)
- 1726 » Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and educator († 1801)
Died on October 16
- 1523 » Luca Signorelli, Italian painter (b. c.1450)
- 1553 » Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter and engraver (b. 1472)
- 1555 » Hugh Latimer, English bishop and saint (b. 1487)
- 1555 » Nicholas Ridley, English bishop and martyr (b. 1500)
- 1591 » Gregory XIV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1535)
- 1594 » William Allen, English cardinal (b. 1532)
- 1621 » Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1562)
- 1628 » François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
- 1637 » Johann Rudolf Stadler, Swiss clock-maker (b. 1605)
- 1649 » Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1621)
Names that were popular for boys in 1583
Names that were popular for girls in 1583
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1583
- Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- August 5 » Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
- December 17 » Cologne War: Forces under Ernest of Bavaria defeat troops under Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg at the Siege of Godesberg.