Births on January 26

Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (d. 1647)

Giovanni Lanfranco (26 January 1582 – 30 November 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.

24 Feb

Gregorian calendar
With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
16 Apr

Hernando de Lerma
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
28 Nov

William Shakespeare
In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.