John E Baltz Family Tree » Philibert of Zahringen Markgraaf van Baden-Baden (1536-1569)

Birthday January 22, 1536

• Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1536: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 24 » King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.
  • April 5 » Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph.
  • May 17 » George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
  • May 17 » Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
  • May 30 » King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
  • August 13 » Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: 27th day of the 7th month of the 5th year of the Tenbun (天文) era).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1522 » Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, († 1545)
• 1552 » Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer († 1618)
• 1561 » Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 1626)
• 1570 » Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library († 1631)
• 1573 » John Donne, English poet and cleric in the Church of England, wrote the Holy Sonnets († 1631)
• 1592 » Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher († 1655)