Rulers:
• Alvise I Mocenigo, Doge della Repubblica di Venezia (1570-1577)
• Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1569-1574)
• Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603)
• Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598)
• Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610)
Deaths:
• Bronzino (1503-1572)
• Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510-1572)