Pop Oswald Tree » William of BRANDENBURG (1498-1563)
Personal data William of BRANDENBURG
Source 1- He was born on June 30, 1498 in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.Source 1
- He died on February 4, 1563 in Riga, Latvia, he was 64 years old.Source 1
- A child of Frederick of BRANDENBURG and Sofia JAGIELLO
Household of William of BRANDENBURG
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Historical events
Birthday June 30, 1498
- Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1498: Source: Wikipedia
- March 2 » Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.
- May 23 » Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
- July 31 » On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
- August 17 » Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois.
- August 29 » Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.
- September 20 » The Nankai tsunami washes away the building housing the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in. It has been outside since then.
Day of death February 4, 1563
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- In the year 1563: Source: Wikipedia
- March 19 » The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
- December 4 » The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)
Same birth/death day
- 1468 » John, Elector of Saxony († 1532)
- 1470 » Charles VIII of France († 1498)
- 1478 » John, Prince of Asturias, Son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile († 1497)
- 1503 » John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony († 1554)
- 1533 » Martín de Rada, Spanish missionary († 1578)
- 1588 » Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian organist, composer, and educator († 1649)
- 1505 » Jeanne de Valois, daughter of Louis XI of France (b. 1464)
- 1508 » Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (b. 1459)
- 1555 » John Rogers, English clergyman and translator (b. 1505)
- 1590 » Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1517)
- 1615 » Giambattista della Porta, Italian playwright and scholar (b. 1535)
- 1617 » Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch publisher, co-founded the House of Elzevir (b. 1546)
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