Famous Birthdays Dec 3 Marsilio Casentini, Italian composer, born in Trieste, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1651) Dec 20 Jan Sarkander, Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint, born in Skoczów, Bohemia (now in Poland) (d. 1620) Born in 1576 Famous Deaths Dec 15 Joachim Hoppers, Frisian lawyer, educator, and statesman (advisor to King Philip II of Spain), dies at 53 Nov 1576 History by Year Feb 1577 Famous Living People by Age 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 80-89 Over 90