* 1555 – Edward Kelley, English spirit medium ( d. 1597 )

* 1597 – Roger Twysden, English historian and politician ( d. 1672 )

* Alfonso II d ' Este ( 1533 – 1597 ), duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597

* 1537 – Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun ( d. 1597 )

* 1640 – John Francis Regis, French saint ( b. 1597 )

* 1597 – Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit ( b. 1521 )

* 1653 – Luigi de Rossi, Italian composer ( b. 1597 )

* 1597 – Vincent Voiture, French poet ( d. 1648 )

* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.

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* 1597 – The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Bantam ( on Java ).

* 1597 – Elias Ammerbach, German organist ( b. 1530 )

* 1662 – Prince Honoré II of Monaco ( b. 1597 )

# John ( 1597 – 1627 ), Bishop of Havelberg

The French Baroque school is exemplified by composers such as Ennemond Gaultier ( 1575 – 1651 ), Denis Gaultier ( 1597 / 1603 – 1672 ), François Dufaut ( before 1604 – before 1672 ) and many others.

* 1597 – Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician ( d. 1652 )

* 1521 – Peter Canisius, Dutch priest ( d. 1597 )

* 1540 – Maharana Pratap, Hindu ruler of Mewar ( d. 1597 )

* 1648 – Vincent Voiture, French poet ( b. 1597 )

* 1676 – Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier and diplomat ( b. 1597 )

* 1597 – Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Bavaria ( d. 1660 )

Denis Gaultier ( Gautier, Gaulthier ; also known as Gaultier le jeune and Gaultier de Paris ) ( 1597 or 1602 / 3 – 1672 ) was a French lutenist and composer.

Nicolas de Montreux wrote three pastorals: Athlette ( 1585 ), Diane ( 1592 ) Arimène ou le berger désespéré ( 1597 ).

Apus was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35 cm diameter celestial globe published in 1597 ( or 1598 ) in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius.

Dorado was one of twelve constellations named by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, and it first appeared on a 35-cm diameter celestial globe published in 1597 ( or 1598 ) in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius.

Hydrus was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35-cm diameter celestial globe published in 1597 ( or 1598 ) in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius.

It was written around 1597, largely under the inspiration of an elite circle of literate Florentine humanists who gathered as the " Camerata de ' Bardi ".

In 1597, he established the Congregatio de Auxiliis which was to settle the theological controversy between the Dominican Order and the Jesuits concerning the respective role of efficacious grace and free will.

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* November 4 – Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician ( b. 1597 )

* March 19 – José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary in Brazil ( d. 1597 )

* March 27 – Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier and diplomat ( b. 1597 )

* March 8 – Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer ( b. 1597 )

The constellation Phoenix, was introduced in the late 16th century by sailors organized by Petrus Plancius, probably one of Keyser or de Houtman and displayed on a globe from 1597 created by Hondius.

* Samuel de Swaef ( 1597 – 1636, printer, writer ),

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ( 31 May 1597 – 18 February 1654 ) was a French author, best known for his epistolary essays, which were widely circulated and read in his day.

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There is no direct record of why this was done, but it seems likely that the new device was adapted from the arms of the Treasurer Richard Aungier ( d. 1597 ), for two probable reasons: firstly, because he was a particularly important and prestigious member of the Inn, and secondly, because the griffin would have looked more impressive on occasions such as masques and revels than the plain geometric arms of the de Greys.

Volans was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35-cm diameter celestial globe published in 1597 ( or 1598 ) in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius.

The constellation was one of twelve created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35-cm diameter celestial globe published in 1597 ( or 1598 ) in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius.

It is one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35-cm diameter celestial globe published in 1597 ( or 1598 ) in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius.