page_title: 1586
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 1586 / Deaths
context_page_description: 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. As of the start of 1586, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar.
context_section_description: January 18 – Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (b. 1522)
  January 25 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
  February 11 – Augustus, Elector of Saxony (b. 1526)
  March 1 – Amalia of Cleves, German princess and writer (b. 1517)
  March 25 – Margaret Clitherow, English Roman Catholic nun, saint and martyr (b. 1556)
  March 30 – Anna of Veldenz, Margrave of Baden (b. 1540)
  April 8 – Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer (b. 1522)
  May 5 – Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
  May 7 – George II of Brieg, Duke of Brieg (1547–1586) (b. 1523)
  May 9 – Luis de Morales, Spanish religious painter (b. 1510)
  May 29 – Adam Lonicer, German botanist (b. 1528)
  June 1 – Martín de Azpilcueta, Spanish theologian and economist (b. 1491)
  June 5 – Matthew Wesenbeck, Belgian jurist (b. 1531)
  June 9 – Filippo Boncompagni, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1548)
  June 28 – Primož Trubar, Carniolan Protestant reformer (b. 1508)
  July 5 – Ludwig Lavater, Swiss Reformed theologian (b. 1527)
  July 12 – Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley (b. 1525)
  August 1 – Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)
  September 7 – Prince Masahito, member of the Japanese imperial family (b. 1552)
  September 18 – Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1521)
  September 20
  Sir Anthony Babington, English Catholic conspirator (executed) (b. 1561)
  Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (executed) (b. 1558)
  September 21 – Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1517)
  October 1 – Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (b. 1526)
  October 15 – Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Danish princess (b. 1524)
  October 17 – Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier and soldier (b. 1554)
  October 28 – John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (b. 1532)
  November 6 – Willem IV van den Bergh, Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (b. 1537)
  December 6 – Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt (b. 1536)
  December 12 – Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)
  December 30 – Luigi d'Este, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1538
caption: Prince Masahito
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