Date | Event |
---|---|
Feb 2 |
Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557) |
Feb 4 |
Francois Rabelais, A bor lelke |
Feb 20 |
Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) |
Mar 1 |
Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter |
Mar 24 |
Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) |
Apr 20 |
John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister |
May 25 |
Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ) |
Sep 12 |
King Francis I of France (1515-47), (d. 1547) |
Nov 5 |
Hans Sachs, German composer, playwright and shoemaker |
Nov 5 |
Hans Sachs, Scandal in Fairyland |
Nov 6 |
Suleiman I (the Magnificent), Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566). Longest reigning Sultan from 1520 till death in 1566. |
Dec 20 |
Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555) |
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