1573
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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s
Years: 1568 1569 1570 1571 1572 - 1573 - 1574 1575 1576 1577 1578
[edit] Births
- January 10 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (died 1624)
- April 17 - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (died 1651)
- April 26 - Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
- July 15 - Inigo Jones, English architect (died 1652)
- July 25 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (died 1650)
- September 28 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (died 1610)
- October 6 - Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (died 1624)
- October 7 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1645)
- Ambrosius Bosschaert, Dutch painter (died 1621)
- Pietro Carrera, Sicilian chess player, priest and painter (died 1647)
- Robert Catesby, English leader of the Gunpowder Plot (died 1605)
- Odoardo Farnese, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy (died 1626)
- Ukita Hideie, Japanese daimyo (died 1655)
- Richard Johnson, English romance writer (died 1659)
- Johannes Junius, Burgomeister of Bamberg (died 1628)
- John Kendrick, English merchant (died 1624)
- Oeyo, wife of Tokugawa Hidetada
- Juan Pujol, Catalan composer and organist (died 1626)
- Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, natural son of Charles IX of France (died 1650)