Date | Event |
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Jan 18 |
Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) |
Feb 5 |
René of Châlon, (d. 1544) |
Feb 15 |
Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) |
Feb 16 |
Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral |
Feb 17 |
Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) |
Mar 29 |
Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal |
Mar 31 |
Henry II, King of France (1547-59) |
Apr 13 |
Catherine de' Medici, Italian born Queen consort to Henry II of France and later regent to her sons |
May 27 |
Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) |
Jun 6 |
Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) |
Jun 12 |
Cosimo I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and art patron of Florence (d. 1574) |
Jun 24 |
Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605) |
Jul 20 |
Innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591) |
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