In the year 1506, the classical statue of Laocoön and His Sons is unearthed in Rome, and placed on public display in the Vatican a month later (Jan 14), the Swiss Guard arrives at the Vatican, to serve as permanent ceremonial and palace guards (Jan 22), Pope Julius II lays the foundation stone of the new St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome (Apr 18), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tatars of the Crimean Khanate (Aug 6), Leonardo da Vinci completes the Mona Lisa (according to Louvre) – and all these fine people were born:
1506-xxxx Elizabeth Barton* “The Nun of Kent”/executed for her prophecies – Aldington, England (1534/c.28)
1506-xxxx Diego García de Paredes y Vargas* Spanish conquistador - Trujillo, Spanish Empire (1563/c. 57)
1506-02xx George Buchanan* humanist scholar/historian - Killearn, Stirlingshire, Scotland (1582/76)
1506-0202 René de Birague* Italian patrician/French cardinal and chancellor - Milan, Papal States (1583/77)
1506-0215 Juliana of Stolberg* the mother of William the Silent - Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt (1580/74)
1506-0303 Luís of Portugal* Duke of Beja/son of King Manuel I of Portugal - Abrantes, Kingdom of Portugal (1555/49)
1506-0309 Asch-Schahīd ath-Thānī* Shia scholar - Jabal Amel (1559/c.53)
1506-0407 Francis Xavier* (b Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta) Spanish missionary/saint – Javier, Kingdom of Navarre (1552/46)
1506-0413 Peter Faber* Jesuit priest/ theologian/saint - Villaret, Duchy of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire (1546/40)
1506-0701 Louis II of Hungary* King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia – Buda, Kingdom of Hungary (1526/20)
1506-0812 Franciscus Sonnius* Dutch theologian/the first bishop of Antwerp - Son, North Brabant (1576/70)
1506-0913 John Leland* poet/ antiquary - London, England (1552/48)
1506-10xx Louis de Blois* Flemish monk/mystical writer - Donstienne Castle, near Liège (1566/59)
1506-1031 Niklaus Zurkinden* Swiss politician - Bern, Old Swiss Confederacy (1588/81)
1506-1208 Veit Dietrich* theologian/writer/reformer – Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (1549/42)
Updated 26.4.2022
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