16th century in philosophy

Events

• 1517 – Martin Luther hammers his Ninety-five Theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany, an event which would mark the start of the Protestant Reformation.
• 1526 – In On the Causes of Natural Effects or On Incantations, Italian philosopher Pietro Pomponazzi argues that miracles produced by angels and demons can be instead explained by natural causes.
• 1540 – The Society of Jesus is founded by Ignatius of Loyola and his six companions, which would play an important role in the second revival of scholasticism.
• 1543 – Nicolaus Copernicus theorizes in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium that the earth revolves around the sun, challenging the Ptolemaic system.
• 1563 – The Council of Trent holds their final session, reaffirming thomist scholasticism as central to the Catholic theology, prompting significant debate between Protestants and Catholics.

Publications

Births

• 1504 – Janardan Swami, Indian Hindu scholar, statesman, poet, and saint.
• 1508 – Gemma Frisius, Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker.
• 1511 – Tulsidas, Indian Hindu saint and poet.
• 1520 – Appayya Dikshita, Indian Hindu philosopher.
• 1527 – Raghuttama Tirtha, Indian philosopher, scholar, theologian, and saint.
• 1528 - Pedro da Fonseca, Portuguese Jesuit philosopher and theologian.
• 1530 - Jean Bodin, French jurist and political philosopher.
• 1530 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge, writer, and philosopher.
• 1533 – Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher.
• 1534 – Guru Ram Das, Sikh guru.
• 1541 – Uddharan Dutta Thakur, Indian philosopher and saint.
• 1540 – Madhusūdana Sarasvatī, Indian philosopher.
• 1544 – Dadu Dayal, Indian poet-saint religious reformer.
• 1548 - Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian.
• 1548 – Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, poet, alchemist, astronomer, cosmological theorist, and esotericist.
• 1550 – Mian Mir, Pakistani Sufi Muslim saint.
• 1560 – Sheikh Muhammad, Indian Muslim saint-poet.
• 1561 - Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman.
• 1563 – Guru Arjan, Sikh guru.
• 1564 – Ahmad Sirhindi, Indian Islamic scholar, Hanafi jurist, and member of the Naqshbandī Sufi order.
• 1564 – Galileo Galilei, Italian polymath.
• 1571/72 – Mulla Sadra, Persian Twelver Shi'i Islamic mystic, philosopher, theologian, and ‘Ālim
• 1571 – Lakshmi Kumara Tatacharya, Indian Hindu saint and guru.
• 1574 - Robert Fludd, English Paracelsian physician.
• 1575 - Sabatino de Ursis, Italian Jesuit.
• 1575 - Jakob Böhme, German philosopher, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant theologian.
• 1576 – Caspar Schoppe, German catholic controversialist and scholar.
• 1588 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher.
• 1588 – Marin Mersenne, French polymath.
• 1589 - John of St. Thomas, Portuguese Dominican friar, Thomist theologian, and professor of philosophy.

Deaths

• 1508 – Keian Genju, Japanese Buddhist priest and Confucian scholar.
• 1512 – Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher and physician.
• 1517 – Marcus Musurus, Greek scholar and philosopher.
• 1518 – Kabir, Indian mystic poet and sant.
• 1529 – Wang Yangming, Chinese philosopher and general
• 1530 – Judah Leon Abravanel, Portuguese-Jewish, philosopher, physician, and poet.
• 1530 – Vallabha, Indian Hindu saint and philosopher.
• 1534 – Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Indian saint.
• 1535 – Thomas More, English politician, author, and philosopher.
• 1536 - Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch Catholic priest, theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.
• 1539 – Vyasatirtha, Hindu philosopher, scholar, polemicist, commentator, and poet.
• 1540 – Juan Luis Vives, Spanish humanist and scholar.
• 1541 – Jahnava Devi, Indian Hindu philosopher and saint.
• 1541 – Wang Gen, Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher.
• 1542 – Ghyath al-Din Mansur Dashtaki, Iranian Islamic philosopher.
• 1546 – Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish philosopher.
• 1547 – Raghunatha Siromani, Indian philosopher and logician.
• 1548 – Pedro Ciruelo, Spanish scholar.
• 1552 – Guru Angad, Indian Sikh guru.
• 1555 – Gemma Frisius, Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker.
• 1556 – Tullia d'Aragona, Italian poet, author, and philosopher.
• 1557 – Raghuvarya Tirtha, Indian Hindu philosopher, scholar, theologian and saint.
• 1558 – Juan de Celaya, Spanish scholar.
• 1560 – Melchor Cano, Spanish Scholastic theologian.
• 1563 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge, writer, and philosopher.
• 1564 – Purandara Dasa, Indian composer, singer, Haridasa philosopher.
• 1564 – Rupa Goswami, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher.
• 1574 – Guru Amar Das, Indian Sikh guru.
• 1575 – Janardan Swami, Indian Hindu scholar, statesman, poet and saint.
• 1583 – Wang Ji, Chinese philosopher and writer.
• 1584 – Gerhard Dorn, Belgian philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile.
• 1588 – Luo Rufang, Chinese philosopher.
• 1588 – Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and natural scientist.
• 1590 – Dirck Coornhert, Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician, theologian, and artist.
• 1593 – Appayya Dikshita, Hindu philosopher.
• 1595 – Raghuttama Tirtha, Indian philosopher, scholar, theologian and saint.
• 1597 – Franciscus Patricius, Italian philosopher.