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Birthday April 25, 1497

  • Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1497: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 7 » In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a "Bonfire of the vanities".
    • May 20 » John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).
    • June 17 » Battle of Deptford Bridge: Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
    • June 24 » John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
    • July 8 » Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
    • December 16 » Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.

Day of death September 10, 1541

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1541: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 8 » Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519).
    • June 26 » Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
    • August 23 » French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
    • August 29 » The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
    • September 11 » Santiago, Chile, is besieged by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards. However, the Spaniards decapitated them and rolled their heads on the main square, horrifying the indigenous warriors, and subsequently ending the attack.
    • September 13 » After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.


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