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May 23, 1551Born on Thursday May 24, 1551
- Karel Zegersz van ARNHEM († 1621)
Died on Thursday May 24, 1551
- Cornelia Gerrijtsdr (63)
Born on May 24
- 1494 » Pontormo, Italian painter († 1557)
- 1522 » John Jewel, English bishop († 1571)
- 1544 » William Gilbert, English physician, physicist, and astronomer († 1603)
- 1576 » Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley, English courtier († 1635)
- 1616 » John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland († 1682)
- 1628 » Marek Sobieski, Polish noble († 1652)
- 1669 » Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite († 1743)
- 1671 » Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1737)
- 1686 » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale († 1736)
- 1689 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1769)
Died on May 24
- 1351 » Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (b. 1297)
- 1408 » Taejo of Joseon (b. 1335)
- 1425 » Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
- 1456 » Ambroise de Loré, French commander (b. 1396)
- 1543 » Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1473)
- 1612 » Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1563)
- 1627 » Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet and cleric (b. 1561)
- 1632 » Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
- 1665 » Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish Franciscan abbess and mystic (b. 1602)
- 1734 » Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1551
- Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- May 12 » National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.
- September 8 » The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil.
- September 30 » A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned.