Musicians Born in 1556

  • Feb 21 Sethus Calvisius, German composer, born in Gorsleben, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1615)
  • Aug 10 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor, poet, composer and hymnodist, born in Mengeringhausen, Landgraviate of Hesse, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1607)