2014 Event Google Inc. announces that it will be closing down its Google News site in Spain next week, ahead of rules taking effect in January that will force news aggregators to pay each publisher for using its content 2012 Event Publishers Penguin and Random House merge to become Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the world 2003 Death Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 2002 Death Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94 2001 Death Katharine Graham, publisher, The Washington Post, dies at 84 2001 Death Katherine Graham, American Publisher 2000 Death Frederick Clarke, writer/publisher, Cinefantastique, dies at 51 1999 Death John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher and philanthropist, 'George' magazine, dies at 38 1997 Death Kathy Keeton Guccione, publisher, A founder of Omni, dies at 58 1997 Death John Sengstacke, publisher (Defender), dies at 84 1997 Death Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89 1996 Death Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76 1996 Death David Herbert, publisher, dies at 69 1996 Death Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher, dies at 77 1996 Death John Boon, publisher, dies at 79 1996 Death Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79 1996 Death Rex Collings, writer/publisher, dies at 70 1996 Death John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher, dies at 57 1996 Death Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at 89 1996 Death Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at 81 1995 Death Lila Clark Knapp, publisher, dies at 63 1995 Death Charles Scribner, Jr., publisher, dies at 74 1995 Death Louis Levy, Jr., music publisher, dies at 84 1995 Death Simone Gallimard, publisher, dies at 77 1995 Death Karl Anton Martin Gerhard Gerd Bucerius, publisher, dies at 89 1995 Death Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher, dies at 66 1995 Death Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83 1995 Death Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher, dies at 74 1995 Death Brian Coffey, poet, publisher, dies at 89 1995 Death Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer, dies at 75 1995 Death Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 1995 Death Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at 85 1995 Death Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher, dies at 56 1995 Death L Jansma, Fries publisher (Friese stamp), dies 1995 Death Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at 73 1994 Death Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76 1994 Death Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65 1994 Death Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66 1994 Death Henk Figee, author/publisher (Shoes of the Sea), dies at 46 1994 Death Louis-Robert Casterman, Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74 1994 Death Alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83 1994 Death Robert O van Gennep, Dutch publisher (Guevara, Mandel), dies at 56 1994 Death Michel R Vassallucci, French/Netherlands publisher (Arena), dies at 32 1994 Death Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69 1993 Event Norwegian Rushdie publisher William Nygaard injured in attack 1993 Death Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72 1993 Death Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator, dies at 72 1992 Death Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies 1992 Death William E Gaines, publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70 1992 Death Johan B. W. Polak, publisher/publicist (Bloom of Decadence), dies at 63 1991 Event NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns 1991 Death Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 1991 Death Claude Gallimard, French publisher, dies 1991 Death Freek Zoetmulder, publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-nazi, dies 1990 Death Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78 1990 Death Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71 1990 Death Malcolm S. Forbes, American Publisher 1990 Death Nathan Wartels, publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia 1988 Death Barry Bingham Sr, U.S. daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 1988 Death James "Hamish" Hamilton, British publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87 1986 Death Cass Canfield, U.S. publisher, dies at 88 1986 Death Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58 1985 Death Gardner Cowles, Jr., U.S. publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82 1984 Death Alfred A Knopf, U.S. publisher, dies at 91 1984 Death Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), dies at 68 1984 Death Basil Henry Blackwell, British publisher, dies 1983 Death John Cowles Sr, U.S. publisher, dies at 84 1982 Death Hendrik Algra, Newspaper publisher/Dutch MP (ARP), dies 1981 Death William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85 1981 Death William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, New Hampshire, dies at 75 1978 Death John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71 1976 Death Roy Thomson, Canadian Publisher 1975 Death Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94 1974 Death William Sloane, publisher/writer ("Edge of Running Water"), dies 1974 Death Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77 1974 Event Patty Hearst, daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by SLA 1973 Death Alexandre A M Stols, publisher/typographer (Schoone Book), dies at 73 1970 Death Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67 1969 Death Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 1966 Death Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 1965 Death Richard P Blackmur, U.S., critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61 1961 Birthday Michel R Vassallucci, French/Netherlands publisher, Arena 1961 Death Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64 1960 Birthday John F. Kennedy, Jr., New York City, son of John F. Kennedy, lawyer, magazine publisher, 'George' magazine 1959 Death Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54 1959 Death Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68 1957 Death Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher, dies at 81 1955 Event Actress Joyce Randolph marries publisher Richard Charles 1955 Birthday John Nunn, born in London, England, champion chess player, chess writer, publisher, mathematician, once ranked among the world's top ten, two-time champion in chess problem solving 1954 Birthday Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation 1954 Death Julius P Hoste, Belgian minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69 1951 Death William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills 1951 Birthday Esther Dyson, born in Zurich, Switzerland, computer publisher, Release 1.0 1950 Birthday Carel P de Haseth, Curaeaos author/publisher, Bida after kolo 1949 Death Nico van Suchtelen, publisher, dies at 70 1949 Birthday William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor 1949 Birthday David Sullivan, English softporno/newspaper publisher, Sunday Sport 1946 Death Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81 1946 Birthday Ralph McAllister Ingersol II, New York City, newspaper publisher 1946 Birthday Jann S Wenner, publisher, Rolling Stone 1944 Birthday Robert Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph 1944 Birthday Jon Hiseman, born in Woolwich, London, musician, drummer, record producer and music publisher, formed bands Colosseum, Coloseeum II with Don Airey, Gary Moore and Tempest with Alan Holdsworth 1944 Birthday Eddie Shah, English publisher, Today, Post 1943 Birthday Earl of Stockton, English publisher/grandson of premier Macmillan 1943 Death Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies 1942 Birthday Peter Kalikow, Queens New York City, real estate developer/publisher, New York Post 1941 Birthday Martha Stewart, publisher, producer and celebrity 1941 Birthday Joni Evans, New York City, publisher, Simon and Schuster, Random House 1941 Death Sherwood Anderson, U.S. writer/publisher (Winesburg Ohio), dies at 64 1940 Birthday Antony Crosthwaite-Eyre, English publisher/multi-millionaire 1939 Birthday Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 1939 Birthday Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher 1938 Birthday John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher 1938 Birthday Carmen Callil, born in Melbourne, Australia, publisher, author, founder, Virago Press, publisher of Chatto & Windus, Hogarth Press 1938 Event Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded 1937 Birthday Rob Van Gennep, publisher 1937 Birthday Robert O "Rob" van Gennep, Dutch publisher, Guevara, Gorz, Mandel 1936 Birthday John Menzies, Scottish publisher/banker/multi-millionaire 1936 Birthday Philip J. Attenborough, CEO/publisher, Hodder and Stoughton 1936 Birthday Al Goldstein, American Publisher 1935 Birthday Tom Rosenthal, publisher/British broadcaster 1934 Birthday Gloria Steinem, born in Toledo, Ohio, feminist/publisher, Ms. Magazine 1933 Birthday Jan van Ginkel, graphic artist/publisher, Perscombinatie 1933 Birthday Nelson Doubleday, publisher, Doubleday, owner for the New York Mets 1933 Birthday Alistair Service, writer/publisher 1931 Death Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, publisher, dies 1931 Birthday Rupert Murdoch, born in Australia, publisher, New York Post and CEO of FOX 1931 Birthday David Haddon Whitaker, British publisher, Whitaker's Almanack 1930 Birthday Bob Guccione, Robert C J Edwa, U.S. publisher, Penthouse, Omni 1930 Birthday Robert Gavron, English publisher/multi-millionaire, St. Ives 1929 Death Friedrich Lienhard, German publisher (Turmer), dies at 63 1929 Birthday Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher 1928 Birthday Johan B. W. Polak, Dutch publisher/publicist, Bloom of Decadence 1928 Birthday Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher 1928 Birthday Anthony Blond, British publisher, The Publishing Game, Book Book 1927 Birthday David Herbert, publisher 1926 Death Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies 1926 Birthday Hugh Hefner, born in Chicagp, magazine publisher, Playboy 1926 Birthday Paul Hamlyn, English publisher/multi-millionaire, Octopus 1926 Birthday Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, New York City, publisher, New York Times 1925 Birthday W Howard Baker, English publisher 1925 Birthday Rex Collings, writer/publisher 1925 Birthday Joop C Swart, Dutch publisher/founder, World Press Photo 1924 Birthday Peter Allsop, publisher 1923 Birthday Frances Lear, Larchmont, New York, Woman's magazine publisher, Lears 1923 Birthday Robert L Bernstein, New York City, publisher, Random House 1922 Birthday Helen Kinney Copley, newspaper publisher 1922 Birthday Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer, Music Express, North Sea Jazz 1922 Death Lord Northcliffe, British Publisher 1922 Birthday William M. Gaines, publisher of MAD Magazine 1922 Birthday Helen Gurley Brown, Portland Me, author/publisher, Cosmopolitan 1921 Birthday Charles Scribner, Jr., music publisher, Scribner 1921 Birthday Maxwell Henley Harris, Australian poet/publisher, Gift of Blood 1921 Birthday Max de Metz, Dutch publisher and translator 1921 Birthday Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher 1920 Birthday Edward Kassner, music publisher 1919 Birthday Malcolm Forbes, publisher, Forbes Magazine 1919 Birthday Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer 1919 Birthday Maurice Girodias, French publisher 1918 Birthday Robert Lewis Campbell Lorimer, publisher 1918 Birthday Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer 1917 Birthday Simone Gallimard, publisher 1917 Birthday Malcolm S. Forbes, American Publisher 1917 Birthday Katharine Graham, born in New York City, newspaper publisher, Washington Post 1917 Birthday Katherine Graham, American Publisher 1916 Birthday John Boon, publisher 1916 Birthday Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman 1916 Birthday Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chicago Daily News, Sunday Times 1916 Birthday Geert Lubberhuizen, publisher, Busy Bee 1916 Birthday Ian Ballantine, publisher, Ballantine Books 1915 Birthday Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher 1914 Birthday Daisy Bates, publisher/head, Arkansas NAACP 1914 Death Charles Peguy, French writer/publisher (Clio), dies in battle at 41 1914 Birthday Kaye Webb, English writer/publisher, Puffin Club 1914 Birthday Claude Gallimard, France, publisher 1912 Birthday Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher, Free Netherlands 1912 Birthday Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher 1911 Birthday Georges Dargaud, French publisher, Asterix/Kuifje 1911 Birthday Georges Dargaud, French publisher, Asterix, Tintin 1910 Birthday Louis Levy, Jr., music publisher 1910 Birthday Alan Frank, music publisher 1910 Birthday Paul Hodder-Williams, publisher 1908 Birthday Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain 1908 Birthday William Randolph Hearst, Jr., newspaper publisher, Hearst Publishing 1908 Birthday Lord Iliffe, English publisher, Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar 1907 Birthday Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher, Little Golden Books 1907 Birthday Desmond Flower, publisher 1907 Birthday John Hadfield, author/publisher, Love on a Branch Line 1906 Birthday Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher 1906 Birthday John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher 1905 Birthday Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent 1905 Birthday John Hay Whitney, publisher, New York Herald Trib 1961-67 1905 Birthday Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher, La lenta libertad 1905 Birthday Jacques Goddot, French publisher, Tour de France 1905 Birthday Brian Coffey, born in Dublin, Ireland, poet, publisher, influenced by Catholicism, science and philosophy, surrealism, published in the University Review, established Advent Press 1905 Birthday Oveta Culp Hobby, government official/newspaper publisher/CEO, Houston Post 1903 Birthday Dorothy Schiff, publisher, New York Post 1903 Birthday Gardner Cowles, Iowa, publisher/founder, Look Magazine 1902 Birthday Allen Lane, English publisher/founder, Penguin Books 1902 Birthday Hubert Beuve-Mery, French newspaper publisher, Le Monde, The Voice, 1901 Birthday James Pitman, Bath England, educator/publisher/phonetic speller 1901 Birthday Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher, Daily Mirror 1900 Birthday Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke], publisher, History of Ecuador 1899 Birthday Harold Guinzburg, publisher, founder of Literary Guild 1899 Birthday Nelson Doubleday, U.S., publisher, Doubleday 1898 Death Stephane Mallarme, French publisher (L'apres-midi d'un faune), dies 1898 Birthday Bennett Cerf, publisher, Random House, panelist, What's My Line 1898 Birthday Henry R. Luce, born in Tengchow, China, publisher, Time, Fortune, Life 1898 Birthday Neville Pearson, English publisher 1896 Birthday Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher 1895 Death Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies 1895 Birthday Samuel I Newhouse, U.S. millionaire publisher, Parade, Vogue, Glamour 1895 Death Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75 1894 Birthday John S. Knight, West Virginia, publisher, Knight-Rider 1894 Death Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies 1894 Birthday George Delacorte, born in New York City, philanthropist/publisher, Dell Books 1894 Birthday Roy Thomson, Canadian Publisher 1892 Birthday Alfred A Knopf, U.S., publisher, 1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal 1891 Birthday Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher, Suhrkamp Verlag 1889 Birthday DeWitt Wallace, St. Paul, Minnesota, publisher, founded Readers Digest, 1921 1887 Birthday Ernst Rowohlt, German publisher, Rowohlt-Verlag 1886 Birthday Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder, System Keesing 1886 Death Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77 1885 Birthday Eratstus Flaval Beadle, publisher, Beadle's Dime Novels 1885 Death Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curaeao, dies at 58 1884 Death Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 1884 Birthday Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher, Last News 1884 Death John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies 1883 Death William Chambers, author/publisher, dies 1880 Birthday Robert Rutherford McCormick, U.S., editor/publisher, Chicago Tribune 1879 Birthday Frederick G. Melcher, U.S., publisher/editor/founded children book week 1878 Birthday Nico van Suchtelen, Dutch publisher 1876 Birthday Frank E Gannett, Rochester, newspaper publisher, Gannett 1876 Birthday Sherwood Anderson, born in Winesburg, Ohio, author/publisher, Winesburg 1872 Death Horace Greeley, U.S. founder/publisher (New York Tribune), dies at 61 1872 Death Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 1871 Birthday Emanuel Querido, Joost Mendes, author/publisher 1869 Birthday Emma Goldman, anarchist/publisher, Mother Earth 1869 Death Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73 1869 Birthday Johannes M Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher 1868 Birthday Bernard MacFadden, publisher, Physical Culture, True Romances 1868 Birthday Halsey William Wilson, U.S., publisher of reference books 1868 Birthday Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher 1866 Birthday Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor /publisher, Frau Luna 1865 Death John Brough, U.S. publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54 1865 Birthday Lord Northcliffe, British Publisher 1865 Birthday William Heinemann, England, publisher, Chemical Instrumental 1864 Death Louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64 1863 Birthday William Randolph Hearst, publisher, SF Examiner, Seattle P-I 1863 Birthday Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher 1862 Birthday Marcel Prevost, French publisher/writer, Les demis-vierges 1862 Birthday Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder, Doubleday and Co 1860 Birthday Daniel Berkeley Updike, printer/publisher/writer, Printing Types 1859 Birthday Willem C Grunings, Curacaos publisher, People's Friend 1858 Death Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87 1858 Death Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76 1858 Death Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76 1857 Birthday Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher 1856 Birthday Elbert Hubbard, U.S., editor/publisher/author, Message to Garcia 1854 Birthday Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist 1849 Birthday Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher 1847 Birthday Joseph Pulitzer, born in Hungary, publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New York World 1846 Death Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 1846 Death Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 1844 Death Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 1839 Birthday Isaac Kauffman Funk, U.S., publisher, Funk and Wagnalls 1837 Death Elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34 1832 Birthday H H Bancroft, historian, publisher, History of Pacific States 1828 Birthday Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher 1826 Birthday Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book/publisher, Van Dale 1826 Birthday Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuela publisher on Curaeao 1821 Birthday Charles Scribner, U.S., music publisher, Scribner Catalog 1820 Birthday Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack 1819 Birthday Meir A Goldschmidt, Danish writer/publisher, Corsaren and Jode 1818 Birthday George Brown, Canada, publisher, Toronto Globe, PM, L, 1858 1818 Death Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56 1816 Birthday Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher, T Edition 1813 Death Giambattista Bodoni, Italian stamp cutter/publisher (bodoni), dies at 73 1808 Birthday Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher, Horatius 1808 Birthday Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher, The Guide 1805 Birthday William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist publisher, The Liberator 1802 Birthday Elijah P Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher/abolitionist 1800 Birthday Louis Hachette, French publisher, Librairie Hachette 1800 Birthday William Chambers, author/publisher, Basis of Communication and Coding 1798 Death Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62 1796 Birthday Nikoli A. Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, Sotsjinenija, 1796 Birthday Nikoli A. Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, Sotsjinenija, 1784 Birthday Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher 1781 Birthday Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer 1780 Birthday Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher 1778 Birthday John Murray, publisher 1771 Birthday Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher 1767 Death John Newberry, English publisher, dies 1761 Birthday Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer, Mauritius Lijnslager 1753 Death Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies 1749 Birthday Isaiah Thomas, U.S., printer/editor/publisher/historian 1746 Birthday William Curtis, English botanist/publisher, Botanical Magazine 1736 Birthday Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher, Mercure de France 1712 Death Abraham Elsevier, publisher, dies 1680 Death Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 54 1673 Death Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77 1661 Death John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39 1660 Birthday Peter Schenck, German/Netherlands engraver/publisher, baptised 1652 Death Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies 1652 Death Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69 1652 Death Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 1651 Death Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55 1640 Death Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 1634 Death Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies 1626 Birthday Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher 1617 Death Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76 1610 Birthday Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised 1606 Birthday Pieter II de Jode, Flemish engraver/publisher 1599 Birthday Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher, Consolation of the Sea 1597 Death Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Netherlands publisher, dies 1596 Birthday Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher 1596 Birthday Isaac Elsevier, book publisher 1592 Birthday Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher 1591 Death Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies 1589 Death Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies 1573 Birthday Henricus Hondius, Dutch etcher/publisher 1573 Death Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 1568 Death Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61 1548 Death Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies 1539 Birthday Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch book publisher 1536 Death Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies 1536 Death Garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies 1533 Birthday Peter Bornemisza, Hungarian vicar/author/publisher, Tragoedia 1513 Death Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70 1507 Birthday Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher, Koran
