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April 14, 1588Born on Friday April 15, 1588
- Joost Weening (Weninck) († 1621)
- Antonella FAUDALI, Carini,90044,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE,Italie
- Henry Wilkinson, Silsden, Yorkshire, England († 1674)
- Grietje Anthonis van Neste, Zoetermeer
Died on Friday April 15, 1588
- Rutger Versteech (63)
- Christopher Sandys (70), Lancashire, England
- Anna Gross (30), Großen-Linden, Gießen, Hessen
- Christopher Sandys of Graythwaite (66), Hawkshead, Lancashire, England
- Frédéric II de Danemark (53)
Born on April 15
- 1469 » Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru († 1539)
- 1552 » Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer († 1626)
- 1563 » Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh leader († 1606)
- 1588 » Claudius Salmasius, French author and scholar († 1653)
- 1592 » Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Catholic cardinal († 1675)
- 1641 » Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer († 1722)
- 1642 » Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan († 1691)
- 1646 » Christian V of Denmark († 1699)
- 1684 » Catherine I of Russia († 1727)
- 1688 » Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer († 1758)
Died on April 15
- 1415 » Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek philosopher and translator (b. 1355)
- 1446 » Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1377)
- 1502 » John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Prince of Orange (b. 1443)
- 1558 » Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (b. c. 1500)
- 1610 » Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (b. 1546)
- 1632 » George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1580)
- 1652 » Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch
- 1659 » Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1605)
- 1719 » Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
- 1754 » Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1676)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1588
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- May 28 » The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
- May 30 » The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
- July 19 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
- July 29 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
- July 31 » The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
- October 1 » Coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia.