page_title: 1566
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: 1566 / Births
context_page_description: Year 1566 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
context_section_description: January 13 – Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess Consort of Saxe-Lauenburg (1582–1619) (d. 1626)
  January 15 – Philipp Uffenbach, German artist (d. 1636)
  February 1 – Marie of the Incarnation, French Discalced Carmelite beatified nun and blessed (d. 1618)
  February 18 – Francesco Erizzo, Doge of Venice (d. 1646)
  March 1 – John Hoskins, English poet (d. 1638)
  March 8 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian music composer (d. 1613)
  April 2 – Bartholda van Swieten, Dutch diplomat (d. 1647)
  May 26 – Mehmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1603)
  June 19 – King James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (d. 1625)
  June 20 – King Sigismund III Vasa, of Poland and Sweden (d. 1632)
  July 9 – John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, German duke (d. 1638)
  August 12 – Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633)
  August 24 – Abraham Scultetus, German theologian (d. 1625)
  September 1 – Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)
  October 13 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (d. 1643)
  October 15 – Sigrid of Sweden, Swedish princess (d. 1633)
  November 3 – Charles, Count of Soissons, French prince du sang and military commander (d. 1612)
  November 9 – Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Lüneburt (1611–1633) (d. 1633)
  November 16 – Anna Juliana Gonzaga, Archduchess of Austria and nun (d. 1621)
  November 21 – Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1645)
  November 25 – John Heminges, English actor (d. 1630)
  November 26 – Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (d. 1645)
  December 1 – Philip of Nassau, Count of Nassau (d. 1595)
  December 11 – (baptised) – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650)
  December 19 – George Talbot, 9th Earl of Shrewsbury, English earl (d. 1630)
  December 27 – Jan Jesenius, Slovak physician (d. 1621)
  date unknown
  Pietro Cerone, Italian music theorist (d. 1625)
  Polyxena von Lobkowicz, politically active Czech aristocrat (d. 1642)
  Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (d. 1643)
  Michal Sedziwój, Polish alchemist (d. 1636)
  James Sempill, Scottish theologian (d. 1626)
  Lucia Quinciani, Italian composer
  Caterina Vitale, Maltese pharmacist (d. 1619)
caption: Sultan Mehmed III
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