Famous Birthdays
- Dec 8 Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, born in Munich, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)
- Dec 12 Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish King Frederik II and Queen Consort of James I of England, born in Skanderborg Castle, Skanderborg, Denmark (d. 1619)
- Dec 15 Samuel Besler, German-Polish composer, born in Brzeg, Duchy of Brezeg (d. 1625)
Famous Deaths
- Dec 4 Rheticus [Georg Joachim de Porris], Italian-Austrian mathematician (trigonometric tables), astronomer, physician, and cartographer, dies at 60 [some sources date death as Dec 5, 1576]
Selim II (1524-1574)
Dec 15 11th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1566-74), dies of head injury after a fall at 50
- Dec 26 Charles Guise, French 2nd Cardinal de Lorraine (political influential and wealthy member of House of Guise), dies at 50
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