1520 - 1529
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Decade 1520 - 1529
71 Philip II of Spain
16th-century King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598
*May 21st, 1527, Palacio de Pimentel †September 13th, 1598, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.jpg "Urban VII")
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Italian Renaissance composer (c. 1525–1594)
*November 30th, 1524, Palestrina †February 2nd, 1594, Rome
70 Fulvio Orsini
Italian humanist, historian, and archaeologist
*December 11th, 1529, Rome †May 18th, 1600, Rome
49 Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
King of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1527-1576)
*July 31st, 1527, Vienna †October 12th, 1576, Regensburg
81 John Dee
16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist
*July 13th, 1527, London †November 30th, 1608, MortlakeSelim II
11th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1566–1574)
*May 30th, 1524, Istanbul †December 13th, 1574, IstanbulSixtus V
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590
*December 13th, 1520, Grottammare †August 27th, 1590, Rome
74 Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress
Holy Roman empress (1528-1603)
*June 21st, 1528, Madrid †February 26th, 1603, Convent of Las Descalzas RealesMartha Leijonhufvud
Swedish noblewoman
*December 24th, 1520, Ekeberg †January 15th, 1584, Stegeholm
51 Sigismund II Augustus
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
*August 1st, 1520, Kraków †July 7th, 1572, KnyszynMarco Antonio Bragadin
Military officer of the Republic of Venice and last Captain-General of Venetian Cyprus (1523-1571)
*April 21st, 1523, Venice †August 17th, 1571, Famagusta
64 Luis de León
Spanish poet
*November 30th, 1526, Belmonte †August 23rd, 1591, Madrigal de las Altas TorresAbraham Ortelius
Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer (1527–1598)
*April 14th, 1527, Antwerp †June 28th, 1598, Antwerp
62 Bartolomeo Passarotti
Italian painter (1529-1592)
*June 28th, 1529, Bologna †June 3rd, 1592, Bologna
60 Daniel Brendel von Homburg
Roman Catholic archbishop
*November 30th, 1521, Aschaffenburg †January 1st, 1582, Aschaffenburg.jpg "Josua Maaler")
69 Josua Maaler
Swiss pastor and lexicographer (1529-1599)
*June 15th, 1529, Zurich †June 5th, 1599, Glattfelden
56 Catherine Jagellon
Queen of Sweden
*November 1st, 1526, Kraków †September 16th, 1583, Stockholm Palace
57 Luca Cambiaso
Italian painter (1527-1585)
*October 18th, 1527, Moneglia †September 6th, 1585, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
83 Francesco Piccolomini
Italian philosopher (1520-1604)
*January 25th, 1520, Siena †November 30th, 1603, Siena
60 Giovanni Francesco Commendone
Catholic cardinal (1523-1585)
*March 17th, 1524, Venice †December 26th, 1584, Padua
47 Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
Ruler of Baden-Durlach 1553-1577
*July 24th, 1529, Pforzheim †March 23rd, 1577, Durlach
51 Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry
Daughter of King Francis I of France
*June 5th, 1523, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †September 15th, 1574, Turin
82 Adolph Occo III
German doctor and scholar (1526-1606)
*October 17th, 1524, Augsburg †October 28th, 1606, Augsburg
68 Markus Fugger
German businessman (1529-1597)
*February 14th, 1529, Augsburg †June 18th, 1597, Augsburg
63 Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
English politician (1528-1592)
*November 29th, 1528, England †October 19th, 1592, West Horsley
28 Agnes of Hesse
German noblewoman, by marriage Electress consort of Saxony
*May 31st, 1527, Marburg †November 4th, 1555, Weimar
45 Lamoral, Count of Egmont
General and statesman in Flanders (1522-1568)
*November 18th, 1522, County of Hainaut †June 5th, 1568, Grand-Place
32 Thomas Wyatt
English rebel leader during the reign of Queen Mary I (1521-1554)
*September 20th, 1521, Chatham †April 21st, 1554, London.jpg "Paul von Eitzen")
77 Paul von Eitzen
German theologian (1521-1598)
*January 25th, 1521, Hamburg †February 25th, 1598, SchleswigFXD.jpg "Alessandro Farnese")
68 Alessandro Farnese
Italian cardinal and diplomat (1520–1589)
*October 7th, 1520, Valentano †March 2nd, 1589, Rome
77 Caspar Peucer
German physician (1525-1602)
*January 6th, 1525, Bautzen †September 25th, 1602, Dessau
42 Miyoshi Nagayoshi
Japanese samurai and daimyo who was lord of the Miyoshi clan during the Sengoku period
*March 10th, 1522, Yamashiro Province †August 10th, 1564, Iimoriyama Castle
,_RP-P-OB-48.528.jpg "Petrus Lotichius Secundus")
32 Petrus Lotichius Secundus
German Neo-Latin Poet (1528-1560)
*November 2nd, 1528, Schlüchtern †November 7th, 1560, Heidelberg_-_Bildnis_des_Markgrafen_Albrecht_Alcibiades_von_Brandenburg-Kulmbach.jpg "Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach")
34 Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1527-1553)
*March 28th, 1522, Ansbach †January 8th, 1557, Pforzheim