Council of Trent, painting in the Museo del Palazzo del Buonconsiglio in Trento
In the year 1563, Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia (Feb 1), bubonic plague breaks out in London, killing thousands (Jun), the Northern Seven Years' War begins as Denmark–Norway and the Free City of Lübeck declare war against Kingdom of Sweden (Aug 13), the Council of Trent (opened in 1545) officially closes, reaffirming all major Roman Catholic doctrines (Dec 4) - and all these fine people were born:
1563-xxxx Louise Boursier* midwife/ writer - Faubourg Saint-Germain, Kingdom of France (1636/c. 73)
1563-xxxx John Dowland* lutenist/ composer/singer - London, England (1626/c. 62)
1563-0106 Johann Christoph von Westerstetten* German bishop/Prince-bishop of Eichstätt - Wasseralfingen (1637/75)
1563-0106 Martin Becanus* (b Maarten Schellekens) Jesuit priest/theologian/controversialist - Hilvarenbeek, North Brabant (1624/61)
1563-0305 John Coke* politician - Trusley, Derbyshire, England (1644/81)
1563-0329 Miles Sandys* landowner/politician/nobleman - York, England (1645/82)
1563-0415 Guru Arjan* Sikh leader - Goindwal, Mughal Empire (1606/43)
1563-0509 Frederick IV of Fürstenberg* German nobleman (1617/54)
1563-0601 Robert Cecil* nobleman/ statesman/spymaster - Westminster, London, England (1612/48)
1563-0615 George Heriot* goldsmith/philanthropist - Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland (1624/60)
1563-0719 Lamoral, Prince of Ligne* diplomat - Château de Belœil, Wallonia (1624/60)
1563-0904 Wanli Emperor* (b Zhu Yijun) the 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty - Shuntian Prefecture, North Zhili (1620/56)
1563-1014 Jodocus Hondius* engraver/ cartographer - Wakken, Belgium (1612/48)
1563-1105 Countess Anna of Nassau* daughter of William the Silent - Breda (1588/24)
1563-1128 Hosokawa Tadaoki* 細川忠興 Japanese samurai warrior of late Sengoku and early Edo period (1646/82)
1563-1202 Mutio Vitelleschi* nobleman/ theologian/church official - Rome, Papal States (1645/81)
Updated 12.1.2023
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