1475    Beatrice d’Este (born), Italian wife of Ludovico Sforza (died 1497) 1517    Rembert Dodoens (born), Flemish physician and botanist (died 1585) 1534   Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island. 1613    The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground. 1746   Joachim Heinrich Campe (born), German linguist, educator, and author (died… Continue reading →

767     Pope Paul I (died) (born 700) 928     Louis the Blind (died), Roman emperor (born 880) 1461    Edward IV is crowned King of England. 1476   Pope Paul IV (born) (died 1559) 1490   Albert of Mainz (born), German archbishop (died 1545) 1491    Henry VIII of England (born) (died 1547) 1519    Charles V is elected Emperor of… Continue reading →

1462   Louis XII of France (born) (died 1515) 1556    The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs. 1574    Giorgio Vasari (died), Italian painter, architect, and historian (born 1511) 1627   John Hayward (died), English historian (born 1564) 1696   William Pepperrell (born), American merchant and soldier (died 1759) 1717    Louis… Continue reading →

363     Julian, Roman emperor (died) (born 332) 699     En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima. 1541    Francisco Pizarro (died), Spanish conquistador (born 1471) 1582   Johannes Schultz (born), German composer (died 1653) 1703   Thomas Clap (born), American… Continue reading →

1533   Mary Tudor (died), Queen of France (born 1496) 1218   Simon de Montfort (died), 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (born 1160) 1483   Anthony Woodville (died), 2nd Earl Rivers, English courtier (born 1440) 1560   Wilhelm Fabry (born), German surgeon (d. 1634) 1634   John Marston (died), English poet and playwright (born 1576) 1658   Spanish forces fail… Continue reading →