Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León meets with the Tequestas in southern Florida in April 1513

In the year 1513, the Spanish invasion of what is now Florida begins as Juan Ponce de León sights land, mistaking it for another island (Apr 2) before landing there (Apr 3), Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway (Jul 22), work on New Cathedral in Salamanca begins, Niccolò Machiavelli is banished from Florence by the House of Medici, and writes The Prince - and all these fine people were born:

1513-xxxx Anna Hogenskild* court official/landowner - Sweden (1590/c.77)
1513-xxxx John Knox* minister/theologian/founder of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland - Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland (1572/c.58)

1513-0214 Domenico Ferrabosco* composer/singer - Bologna, Papal States (1574/61)

1513-0422 Tachibana Dōsetsu* 立花 道雪 (b Betsugi Akitsura) shogun - Yoroigaoka Castle, Bungo Province, Japan (1585/72)

1513-0923 Hans Buser* Swiss nobleman/ancestor to a few Bowsers in the U.S - Läufelfingen, Prince-Bishopric of Basel, Holy Roman Empire (1544/31)
1513-0924 Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg* first wife of Gustav I/Queen of Sweden - Ratzeburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Holy Roman Empire (1535/21)

1513-1030 Jacques Amyot* writer/translator - Melun, France (1593/79)

1513-1223 Thomas Smith* scholar/ parliamentarian/diplomat - Saffron Walden, Essex, England (1577/63)

Updated 25.8.2021
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