Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1574
Birthdays
- May 6 - Pope Innocent X, (d. 1655)
- July 1 - Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (d. 1656)
- August 7 - Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick
- December 8 - Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)
- December 12 - Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)
Deaths
- January 30 - Damiăo de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (b. 1502)
- April 14 - Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (killed in battle) (b. 1538)
- April 17 - Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (b. 1500)
- April 21 - Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519)
- May 14 - Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)
- May 30 - King Charles IX of France, (b. 1550)
- June 27 - Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)
- September 17 - Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, first Spanish Governor of Florida (b. 1519)
- October 1 - Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
- November 7 - Solomon Luria, Maharshal (b. 1510)
- November 28 - Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (b. 1502)
- December 12 - Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)
- December 26 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1524)
Events
- May 30 - Henry III becomes King of France.
- August 30 - Guru Ram Das became the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.
- October 3 - The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
- November 22 - Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
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