In the year 1510, Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Goa (Feb 27), the Holy League defending the Italian states attacks the French-occupied Genoa (Jul), Goa becomes a Portuguese colony (Nov 23), the first pocket watch is built, sunflowers are brought to Europe - and all these fine people were born:
1510 -xxxxx Mikael Agricola* Finnish Lutheran clergyman/founder of literary Finnish/prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation - Pernå, Finland, Sweden-Finland (1557/c.47)
1510-xxxx Juan de Betanzos* writer of Narrative of the Incas - Betanzos, Spanish Empire (1576/c.66)
1510-xxxx Esko Laurinpoika** father of Tuomas Eskonpoika Kirkon-Kokko - Sweden-Finland (after 1575)
1510-xxxx Heikki Laurinpoika Seppälä** father of Matti Heikinpoika Seppälä - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (after 1582)
1510-xxxx Oda Nobuhide* warlord/ magistrate - Owari province, Japan (1551/41)
1510-xxxx Gonzalo Pizarro* conquistador/ accompanied his three brothers for the conquest of Peru, bringing down the Inca Empire in 1533 - Trujillo, Spanish Empire (1548/c.37)
1510-0205 Tönne Olavinpoika Wildeman* (b Tönne Olofsson) Finnish landowner/lord of the Viborg Castle - Pernaja, Sweden-Finland (1584/74)
1510-0325 Guillaume Postel* linguist - Barenton, Normandy, France (1581/71)
1510-0606 Giovanni Battista Cicala* Roman Catholic bishop/cardinal - Genoa, Republic of Genoa (1570/59)
1510-1006 John Caius* physician/ benefactor - Norwich, England (1573/62)
1510-1006 Rowland Taylor* Protestant martyr during the Marian Persecutions - Rothbury, Northumberland, England (1555/44)
1510-1108 Lope de Aguirre* conquistador - Araotz Valley, Basque Country, Spanish Emipire (1561/50)
Agricola Cake, the Finnish cake commemorating Mikael Agricola (1510-1557) and the Finnish Language. You can buy it in most anywhere in Finland on Agricola Day, April 9th. Agricola cake is made with oatmeal bottom, with lingonberry flavored cream in the middle, and more compact taste in the crust, and with whole lingonberries on top. It is a reminder of the multi-layered work that Mikael Agriciola did for the Finnish language and the Finnish speaking people in Finland, then part of Sweden.
Updated 31.3.2023-