Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1563
Birthdays
- January 30 - Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian (d. 1641)
- March 5 - John Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
- June 1 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
- September 4 - Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
- October 17 - Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (d. 1611)
- November 19 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester
Deaths
- February 1 - Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)
- February 24 - Francis, Duke of Guise
- March 24 - Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514)
- March 28 - Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
- June 6 - Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)
- June 9 - William Paget, 1st Baron Paget
- August 11 - Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. circa 1500)
- August 18 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (b. 1530)
- September 17 - Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland
- December 29 - Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)
Events
- December 4 - The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).
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