New books

• Roger Ascham
  Roger Ascham
  Roger Ascham was an English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education...
  
   - The Scholemaster (posthumously published)
• Abraham Ortelius
  Abraham Ortelius
  thumb|250px|Abraham Ortelius by [[Peter Paul Rubens]]Abraham Ortelius thumb|250px|Abraham Ortelius by [[Peter Paul Rubens]]Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortels) thumb|250px|Abraham Ortelius by [[Peter Paul Rubens]]Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortels) (April 14, 1527 – June 28,exile in England to take...
  
   - Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
  Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
  Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp, it consisted of a collection of uniform map sheets and sustaining text bound to form a book for which copper printing plates were specifically...
  
  (the first modern atlas)

Births

• October 4 - Péter Pázmány
  Péter Pázmány
  Péter Pázmány de Panasz was a Hungarian philosopher, theologian, catholic cardinal, pulpit orator and statesman. He was an important figure in the Counter-Reformation in Royal Hungary. He worked to convert Protestants back to Catholicism in Hungary.His most important legacy was his creation of the...
  
  , philosopher and theologian (d. 1637)
• December 29 - Wilhelm Lamormaini
  Wilhelm Lamormaini
  Wilhelm Germain Lamormaini was a Jesuit theologian, and an influential figure as confessor of the Habsburg emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years' War.-Life:...
  
  , theologian (d. 1648)
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  • Sir Robert Ayton
    Robert Ayton
    Sir Robert Aytoun was a Scottish poet.Ayton was the son of Ayton of Kinaldie House in Fife.He and his elder brother entered St Leonard's College in St Andrews in 1584. After graduating MA from St...
    
    , Scottish poet (d. 1638)
  • Pedro de Oña
    Pedro de Oña
    Pedro de Oña is considered the first known poet born in Chile, and is best remembered for his verse epic poem Primera parte de Arauco domado . Born in Angol, he was the son of a military captain, Gregorio de Oña, who had perished during the conquest of Chile by Spain...
    
    , first known Chilean poet (d. 1643)

Deaths

• March 25 - Johann Walter
  Johann Walter
  Johann Walter was a Lutheran composer and poet during the Reformation period.-Life:Walter was born in Kahla, Thuringia in 1496...
  
  , poet and composer (b. 1496)
• July 3 - Aonio Paleario
  Aonio Paleario
  Aonio Paleario was an Italian humanist and reformer.-Life:He was born about 1500 at Veroli, in the Roman Campagna. Other forms of his name are Antonio Della Paglia, A. Degli Pagliaricci....
  
  , humanist, reformer and pamphleteer (b. c. 1500)
• October 20 - João de Barros
  João de Barros
  João de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...
  
  , Portuguese historian (born 1496)
• November - Jacques Grévin
  Jacques Grévin
  Jacques Grévin was a French dramatist.Grévin was born at Clermont, Oise in about 1539, and he studied medicine at the University of Paris. He became a disciple of Ronsard, and was one of the band of dramatists who sought to introduce the classical drama in France...
  
  , French dramatist (b. c. 1539)