In the year 1515, Manchester Grammar School becomes the first free grammar school in England (Jul 2), the Spanish Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds Havana, Cuba (Aug 25), France restores its control of Milan (Sep 13), Thomas Wolsey is named Lord Chancellor of England (Dec 24), Albrecht Dürer finishes his woodcut Rhinoceros - and all these fine people were born:
1515-xxxx Roger Ascham* scholar/ didactic writer/tutor to Elizabeth I in Greek and Latin - Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire, England (1568/c.53)
1515-xxxx Johann Weyer* physician/ occultist/demonologist/among the first to publish against the persecution of witches - Grave, Habsburg Netherlands (1588/73)
1515-0204 Mikołaj “The Black” Radziwiłł* Polish-Lithuanian nobleman - Nesvizh (1565/50)
1515-0218 Valerius Cordus* German physician/ botanist/widely credited with developing a method for synthesizing ether - Hesse/Erfurt, Holy Roman Empire (1544/29)
1515-0328 Teresa of Ávila* Spanish noblewoman/nun/prominent mystic/ religious reformer - Ávila, Crown of Castile (1582/67)
1515-0512 Gilbert Kennedy* Scottish landowner/soldier/politician - Scotland (1558/43)
1515-0628 Anne of Cleves* Queen of England as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII/“King’s Beloved Sister” - Düsseldorf, Kingdom of Germany, Holy Roman Empire (1557/42) date of birth in indispute (September 22nd)
1515-0710 Francisco de Toledo* aristocrat/ soldier/the fifth Viceroy of Peru - Oropesa, Spain (1582/66)
1515-0721 Philip Neri* priest/known as the Second Apostle of Rome, after Saint Peter - Florence, Republic of Florence (1595/79)
1515-1004 Lucas Cranach the Younger* German painter - Wittemberg, Holy Roman Empire (1586/70)
1515-1029 Vincenzo Borghini* monk/philologist/art collector - Florence, Republic of Florence (1580/64)
1515-1122 Mary of Guise* queen consort as wife of King James V of Scotland/regent of Scotland/mother of Mary, Queen of Scots - Bar-le-Duc, Duchy of Bar, France, Holy Roman Empire (1560/44)
1515-1215 Maria of Saxony* Duchess of Pomerania - Weimar, Thuringia (1583/67)
Updated 3.9.2021
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