Today in History for Year 1516

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Historical Events

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Apr 6th - A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este
Apr 10th - 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice
Aug 13th - Kings Charles I & Francois I signs Treaty of Noyons
Aug 13th - The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
Aug 24th - Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria
Oct 28th - Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
Nov 29th - Treaty of Freiburg] French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty

Famous Birthdays

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Jan 1st - Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
Feb 18th - Mary I Tudor, [Bloody Mary], Greenwich, queen of England (1553-58)
Mar 26th - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (d. 1565)
Apr 23rd - Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)
Oct 23rd - Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 8 of 8

Jan 23rd - Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63
Mar 13th - Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60
Mar 17th - Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37
Apr 25th - John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)
Jul 30th - Johan V Nassau, earl of Nassau-Vianden/Dietz, dies
Aug 9th - Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66
Aug 21st - John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78
Dec 13th - Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462)


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