Editing 1566 (section)

== Births ==
[[File:Sultan Mehmet III of the Ottoman Empire.jpg|thumbnail|right|110px|Sultan [[Mehmed III]]]]
[[File:JamesIEngland.jpg|thumbnail|right|110px|King [[James VI and I|James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland]]]]
[[File:Zygmunt III w stroju koronacyjnym.jpg|thumbnail|right|110px|King [[Sigismund III Vasa]]]]
[[File:Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain - Frans Pourbus II.jpg|thumbnail|right|110px|[[Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain]]]]
[[File:Sigrid Eriksdotter Vasa.jpg|thumbnail|right|110px|[[Sigrid of Sweden (1566–1633)|Sigrid of Sweden]]]]
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], Duchess Consort of Saxe-Lauenburg (1582–1619) (d. [[1626]])
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[Philipp Uffenbach]], German artist (d. [[1636]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Seibt |first1=Wilhelm |title=Helldunkel: Adam Elsheimer ́s Leben und Wirken |date=1885 |publisher=Keller |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLsxieNaIeoC&dq=Philipp+Uffenbach+%2215+januar+1566%22&pg=PA7 |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Anna Juliana Gonzaga]], Archduchess of Austria and nun (d. [[1621]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wurzbach |first1=Constantin |title=Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Österreich |date=1860 |publisher=Universitätsbibliothek Graz |page=154 |url=http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=11804&page=162&scale=3.33&viewmode=fullscreen |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Marie of the Incarnation (Carmelite)|Marie of the Incarnation]], French Discalced Carmelite beatified nun and blessed (d. [[1618]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Broglie |first1=Emmanuel de |title=La bienheureuse Marie de l'Incarnation: Madame Acarie (1566-1618) |date=1903 |publisher=V. Lecoffre |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rC8_AAAAIAAJ&dq=Marie+de+l%27Incarnation+%221er+f%C3%A9vrier+1566%22&pg=PA6 |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Michal Sedziwój]], Polish alchemist (d. [[1636]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Szydło |first1=Zbigniew |title=The Alchemy of Michael Sendivogius: His Central Nitre Theory |journal=Ambix |date=November 1993 |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=129–146 |doi=10.1179/amb.1993.40.3.129 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/amb.1993.40.3.129 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=en |issn=0002-6980|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Francesco Erizzo]], Doge of Venice (d. [[1646]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rendina |first1=Claudio |title=I dogi: storia e segreti |date=1984 |publisher=Newton Compton |page=362 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUwiAQAAIAAJ&q=Francesco+Erizzo+%2218+febbraio+1566%22 |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[John Hoskins (poet)|John Hoskins]], English poet (d. [[1638]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitlock |first1=Baird W. |title=John Hoskyns, Serjeant-at-law |date=1982 |publisher=University Press of America |isbn=978-0-8191-2147-9 |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNBAAQAAIAAJ&q=John+Hoskins+%221+march+1566%22 |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[Carlo Gesualdo]], Italian music composer (d. [[1613]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Glenn |title=Gesualdo: The Man and His Music |date=1991 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=978-0-19-816216-2 |page=296 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLIHAQAAMAAJ&q=%2230%20march%22 |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[Bartholda van Swieten]], Dutch diplomat (d. [[1647]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Swieten, Bartholda van (1566-1647) |url=https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Swieten |website=resources.huygens.knaw.nl |access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Mehmed III]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (d. [[1603]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sultana |first1=Professor Dr Summer |last2=Sharif |first2=Muhammad Amin |title=The Role of Turkish Women in the Politics of Ottoman Empire |journal=Pakistan Journal of International Affairs |date=2019 |volume=2 |issue=2 |doi=10.52337/pjia.v2i2.60 |s2cid=237961866 |url=http://pjia.com.pk/index.php/pjia/article/view/60 |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=en |issn=2664-360X|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[June 19]] &ndash; King [[James VI and I|James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland]] (d. [[1625]])<ref>{{cite web|title=James I and VI|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/james_i_vi.shtml|website=BBC History|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] &ndash; King [[Sigismund III Vasa]], of Poland and Sweden (d. [[1632]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Grolier Incorporated|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JlFAAAAYAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Grolier Incorporated|isbn=978-0-7172-0134-1|page=799}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach]], German duke (d. [[1638]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Meyers Konversations-Lexikon: Eine Encyklopädie des allgemeinen Wissens |date=1876 |publisher=Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts |page=560 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0V9ViTSrYcC&dq=Johann+Ernst+%229+juli+1566%22&pg=PA560 |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain]] (d. [[1633]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bravo |first1=María Antonia Bel |title=Mujer y cambio social en la Edad Moderna |date=1 September 2011 |publisher=Encuentro |isbn=978-84-9920-638-7 |page=223 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dWQxr9_MMIcC&dq=Isabel+Clara+Eugenia+%2212+de+agosto+de+1566%22&pg=PA223 |access-date=29 November 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Abraham Scultetus]], German theologian (d. [[1625]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Scultetus, Abraham |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz79822.html#adbcontent |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Edward Alleyn]], English actor (d. [[1626]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Alleyn, Edward|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-398|year=2004 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/398}}</ref>
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork]], Irish politician (d. [[1643]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Boyle, Richard|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-3133|year=2004 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/3133}}</ref>
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Sigrid of Sweden (1566–1633)|Sigrid of Sweden]], Swedish princess (d. [[1633]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Förhandlingar och uppsatser |date=1888 |publisher=Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland |page=200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mq0OAQAAIAAJ&dq=Sigrid+Eriksdotter+Vasa+%2215+oktober+1566%22&pg=PA200 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=sv}}</ref>
* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[Charles, Count of Soissons]], French ''prince du sang'' and military commander (d. [[1612]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gouellain |first1=Gustave |last2=Cochet |first2=Jean Benoît Désiré |title=Revue de la Normandie |date=1863 |publisher=E. Cagniard |page=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LBFMAAAAMAAJ&dq=Charles+de+Bourbon-Soissons+%223+novembre+1566%22&pg=PA91 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], Prince of Lüneburt (1611–1633) (d. [[1633]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Allgemeiner Harz-Berg-Kalender |publisher=E. Piepersche. |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I38TAQAAMAAJ&q=%20%229%20november%201566%22 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri]], Roman Catholic cardinal (d. [[1645]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of January 11, 1621 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1621.htm#Cennini |website=cardinals.fiu.edu |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[John Heminges]], English actor (d. [[1630]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Shakespeare Quarterly |date=1950 |publisher=Folger Shakespeare Library |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTBlAAAAMAAJ&q=John+Heminges+%2225+november+1566%22 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 26]] &ndash; [[Francesco Bracciolini]], Italian poet (d. [[1645]])<ref>{{cite web |title=BRACCIOLINI, Francesco - Treccani |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-bracciolini_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |website=Treccani |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[Philip of Nassau]], Count of Nassau (d. [[1595]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mortanges |first1=Willem Theodoor Pahud de |last2=Graafland |first2=Jacob Petrus Hooft |title=Historisch overzicht van de drie gebeurtenissen voorgesteld in de Maskerade, bij gelegenheid van het 250-jarig bestaan der Utrechtsche Academie |date=1886 |publisher=Beijers en Van Boekhoven |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZdVAAAAcAAJ&dq=Filips+van+Nassau+%221+december+1566%22&pg=PA28 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=nl}}</ref>
* [[December 11]] &ndash; (baptised) &ndash; [[Manuel Cardoso (composer)|Manuel Cardoso]], Portuguese composer (d. [[1650]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Randel |first1=Don Michael |title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music |date=1996 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-37299-3 |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&dq=Manuel+Cardoso+11+december+1566&pg=PA135 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[George Talbot, 9th Earl of Shrewsbury]], English earl (d. [[1630]])
* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[Jan Jesenius]], Slovak physician (d. [[1621]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kachlik |first1=David |last2=Vichnar |first2=David |last3=Kachlikova |first3=Dana |last4=Musil |first4=Vladimir |last5=Szabo |first5=Kristian |last6=Stingl |first6=Josef |title=The life and work of Jan Jesensky (1566–1621), the physician of a dying time |journal=Journal of Medical Biography |date=August 2013 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=153–163 |doi=10.1177/0967772013479736 |pmid=24585763 |s2cid=206608579 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0967772013479736 |language=en |issn=0967-7720|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[Pietro Cerone]], Italian music theorist (d. [[1625]])<ref>{{cite web |title=CERONE, Domenico Pietro |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/domenico-pietro-cerone_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |website=Treccani |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
** [[Polyxena von Lobkowicz]], politically active Czech aristocrat (d. [[1642]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kratochvílová |first1=Martina |title=Ryantová, Marie: Polyxena z Lobkovic. Obdivovaná i nenáviděná první dáma království. Nakladatelství Vyšehrad, Praha 2016 |journal=Historica Olomucensia |date=2017 |volume=52 |pages=329–333 |url=https://historica.upol.cz/pdfs/hol/2017/01/18.pdf |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>
** [[Giovanni Baglione]], Italian painter and historian of art (d. [[1643]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Baglione, Giovanni |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/display/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000005698 |website=Grove Art Online |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Lucia Quinciani]], Italian composer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sadie |first1=Julie Anne |last2=Samuel |first2=Rhian |title=The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers |date=1995 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=978-0-393-03487-5 |page=380 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&dq=Lucia+Quinciani+%221566%22&pg=PA380 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[James Sempill]], Scottish theologian (d. [[1626]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Sempill, James|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25073|year=2004 |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/25073}}</ref>
** [[Caterina Vitale]], Maltese pharmacist (d. [[1619]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Caterina Scappi and her revolutionary hospital for women who were incurable |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/caterina-scappi-and-her-revolutionary-hospital-for-women-who-were.581731 |access-date=2 December 2023 |publisher=Times of Malta |date=23 August 2015 |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bezzina |first1=Frank |last2=Camilleri |first2=Emanuel |last3=Marmarà |first3=Vincent |chapter=Historical Background of the Maltese Public Service Administration and Management (The Beginning) |title=Public Service Reforms in a Small Island State |journal=Public Service Reforms in a Small Island State: The Case of Malta |series=Public Administration, Governance and Globalization |date=2021 |volume=22 |pages=3–40 |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-74357-4_1 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-74357-4_1 |access-date=2 December 2023 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-030-74356-7 |language=en}}</ref>