Historical Events
- Dec 29 Danish student and future astronomer Tycho Brache loses part of his nose in a sword duel over who is the better mathematician (he wore a prosthetic nose the rest of his life)
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 1 Philip, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, governor of Ft Gorinchem and Nijmegen (d. 1695)
- Dec 11 Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer, born in Fronteira, Portugal (d. 1650)
- Dec 20 Edward Wightman, English radical Anabaptist, born in Burton upon Trent (d. 1612)
- Dec 30 Alessandro Piccinini, Italian lutenist and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1638)
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