Others who anticipated the work of Lavoisier include Jean Rey ( 1583 – 1645 ), Joseph Black ( 1728 – 1799 ), and Henry Cavendish ( 1731 – 1810 ).

* 1663 – Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim ( b. c. 1583 )

# Eleanor of Prussia ( 22 August 1583 – 31 March / 9 April 1607 ).

* 1663 – Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba ( b. 1583 )

Lord Herbert of Cherbury ( 1583 – 1648 ) is generally considered the " father of English Deism ," and his book De Veritate ( 1624 ) the first major statement of deism.

The Church considers the first seven Ecumenical Councils ( held between the 4th and the 8th century ) to be the most important ; however, there have been more, specifically the Synods of Constantinople, 879 – 880, 1341, 1347, 1351, 1583, 1819, and 1872, the Synod of Iaşi ( Jassy ), 1642, and the Pan-Orthodox Synod of Jerusalem, 1672, all of which helped to define the Orthodox position.

The famous fugue composer Johann Sebastian Bach ( 1685 – 1750 ) shaped his own works after those of Johann Jakob Froberger ( 1616 – 1667 ), Johann Pachelbel ( 1653 – 1706 ), Girolamo Frescobaldi ( 1583 – 1643 ), Dieterich Buxtehude ( c. 1637 – 1707 ), and other composers.

* 1583 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist ( d. 1656 )

* 1506 – René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor ( d. 1583 )

The earliest known written account of the creation of a golem by a historical figure reported a tradition connected to Rabbi Eliyahu of Chelm ( 1550 – 1583 ).

He was assisted by Axel Oxenstierna ( 1583 – 1654 ), leader of the nobles who also acted as regent after his death.

Eventually, Bembo's ideas prevailed, and the foundation of the Accademia della Crusca in Florence ( 1582 – 1583 ), the official legislative body of the Italian language led to publication of Agnolo Monosini's Latin tome Floris italicae linguae libri novem in 1604 followed by the first Italian dictionary in 1612.

* 1625 – Orlando Gibbons, English composer ( b. 1583 )

* 1583 – Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman ( d. 1654 )

* 1583 – Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian ( d. 1643 )

# Joachim Ernest ( 1583 – 1625 )

* Joachim ( 13 April 1583 – 10 June 1600 )

* Ernest ( 13 April 1583 – 18 September 1613 )

* April 19 – Sir John Beaumont, English poet ( b. 1583 )

The English, lead by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had claimed St. John's, Newfoundland in 1583 as the first North American English colony by royal prerogative of Queen Elizabeth I.

* St. John's, Newfoundland, chartered by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 ; seasonal settlements ca.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert, c. 1583

In 1583, he married Frances, teenage daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham.

Instead, he was made sheriff of Cork in August 1583, and then assumed the government of Munster in the absence of Sir John Norris.

The house was completed 1583 by the Elizabethan Lord chancellor, Sir Christopher Hatton.

* Sir Philip Sidney-Defense of Poesy ( written between 1580 – 1583 ) is published for the first time.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert, c. 1583

Sir Humphrey Gilbert ( c. 1539 – 9 September 1583 )

Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed to have encountered a lion-like monster with " glaring eyes " on his return voyage after formally claiming St. John's, Newfoundland ( 1583 ) for England.

Sir Thomas Smith's book * De Republica Anglorum ; the Manner of Government or Policie of the Realme of England, written between 1562 and 1565, was first published in 1583.

Sir John Beaumont, 1st Baronet ( 1583 – 19 April 1627 or c. 1582 – c. April 1627 ) was an English poet.

* 1583: Sir Humphrey Gilbert, brother-in-law of Sir Walter Raleigh, claims Newfoundland as England's first overseas colony.

Thomas Digges married Anne, daughter of Warham St Leger ; and was the father of Sir Dudley Digges ( 1583 – 1639 ), politician and statesman, and Leonard Digges ( 1588 – 1635 ), poet.

Sir William Moyle's Almshouses also known as The Galleries date from 1583.

Harington wed Mary Rogers, daughter of George Rogers of Cannington ( son of Sir Edward Rogers ) and Joan Winter, on 6 September 1583 and together they had nine children, two of whom died young, as his autograph revisions make clear.

* Sir John Beaumont, 1st Baronet ( 1583 – 1627 ), English poet

Unton was born at Wychwood and was the second son of Sir Edward Unton ( d. 1583 ) of Wadley House, near Faringdon, Berkshire ( now Oxfordshire ).

It was erected at King's Beach on Water Street where, in 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland for England.

His brother, Sir John of Desmond had been caught and killed in December 1581, and the seneschal of Imokilly had surrendered on 14 June 1583.

Compton Castle's most famous inhabitant was Sir Humphrey Gilbert ( 1539 – 1583 ), coloniser of Newfoundland and half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh ; legend has it that Raleigh smoked the first pipe of tobacco in Britain while visiting Sir Humphrey.

** Humphrey Gilbert, English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier ( d. 1583 )

In 1583, Humphrey Gilbert sailed to Newfoundland, taking possession of the harbour of St John's together with all land within two hundred leagues to the north and south of it.

However, unlike Humphrey Gilbert's 1583 claim of Newfoundland, it was not followed up by settlements.

In 1583 Humphrey Gilbert, a local adventurer, landed at St. John ’ s in Newfoundland and claimed the area as a British colony.