April 8, 1533:
Claudio Merlotti (Merulo) is born in Correggio, County of Correggio.
May 4, 1604:
Claudio Merulo (Merlotti) dies in Parma, in the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, probably from a burst appendix and peritonitis, aged 71 years and 26 days.