Date | Event |
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Jan 6 |
Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies |
Jan 7 |
Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies at 50 |
Jan 22 |
Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495) |
Feb 3 |
Garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies |
Feb 25 |
Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) |
Mar 16 |
Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45 |
Apr 4 |
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460) |
May 17 |
George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded after being tried and convicted for high treason and incest at 32 |
May 19 |
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII, beheaded |
Jul 12 |
Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies |
Aug 17 |
Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies |
Sep 6 |
William Tyndale, Protestant bible translator (b. c. 1494) |
Sep 24 |
Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia), dies at 24 |
Oct 14 |
Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle |
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