The celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, as printed in an illustrated news notice in April 1561
In the year 1561, the citizens of Nuremberg see what appears to be an aerial battle, followed by the appearance of a large black triangular object and a large crash outside the city (Apr 14), the English astrologer Francis Coxe is pilloried in London for his involvement in “sinistral and divelysh artes” (Jun 25), Madrid is declared the capital of Spain (May 8), Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is finished (Jul 12) - and all these fine people were born:
1561-0101 Thomas Walsingham* courtier to Queen Elizabeth I/literary patron - England (1630/69)
1561-0106 Thomas Fincke* Danish mathematician/ physicist - Denmark-Norway (1656/95)
1561-0122 Francis Bacon* philosopher/ statesman/scientist – The Strand, London, England (1626/65)
1561-0124 Camillo Cortellini* singer/violinist/ composer – Bologna, Papal States (1630/69)
1561-0201 Henry Briggs* mathematician – Warleywood, Yorkshire, England (1630/68)
1561-0208 Fujiwara Seika* 藤原 惺窩 philosopher/ writer - Harima Province, Japan (1619/58)
1561-0215 Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein* German countess - (1622/61)
1561-0309 Archduke Wenceslaus of Austria* son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor - Wiener Neustadt (1578/17)
1561-0329 Santorio Santorio* physician/ biologist/inventor – Capodistria, Republic of Venice (1636/74)
1561-0408 Dominicus Baudius* poet/ scholar/historian - Lille, Southern Netherlands (1613/52)
1561-0620 Richard Whitbourne (B) colonist/ mariner/writer - near Bishopsteignton, Devon, England (1635/c. 73)
1561-0624 Matthias Hafenreffer* German theologian - Lorch, Württemberg (1619/58)
1561-0702 Christoph Grienberger* Austrian Jesuit astronomer - Hall, Tirol (1636/74)
1561-0711 Luis de Góngora* Catholic priest/poet - Córdoba, Spanish Empire (1627/65)
1561-0820 Jacopo Peri* singer/ composer - Rome, Papal States (1633/71)
1561-0824 Bartholomaeus Pitiscus* German theologian/astronomer/pioneering trigonometrist - Grünberg, Duchy of Glogau/Głogów, Silesia (1613/51)
1561-0901 Gervase Helwys* Lieutenant of the Tower of London/convicted of murder - Saundby, Nottinghamshire, England (1615/54)
1561-0903 Yi Eokgi* 이억기 Korean admiral - Hansong (1597/35)
1561-0910 Hernando Arias de Saavedra* soldier/ politician/governor of Río de la Plata and Paraguay - Asunción, colonial Paraguay (1634/c. 72)
1561-0929 Adriaan van Roomen* mathematician/medical astronomer - Leuven, Habsburg Netherland (1615/53)
1561-1024 Anthony Babington* convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England - Dethick Manor, Derbyshire, England (1586/24)
1561-1027 Mary Sidney* writer/ literary patroness/translator - Tickenhill Palace, Bewdley, England (1621/59)
1561-1101 Francesco Usper* Italian organist/ composer - Rovigno, Istria (1641/79)
1561-1116 Andreas Angelus* German clergyman/teacher/government inspector - Strausberg (1598/36)
1561-1207 Kikkawa Hiroie* 吉川 広家 daimyō/ politician - Japan (1626/64)
1561-1209 Edwin Sandys* politician - Worcestershire, England (1629/67)
Updated 16.1.2023
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