Battle of Brännkyrka, a painting by Johan Gustaf Sandberg (1830)

In the year 1518, Swedish forces defeat the Danes in the Battle of Brännkyrka in southern Stockholm (Jul 27), a case of dancing mania breaks out in Strasbourg in Alsace, in which many people die from constant dancing (Jul-Sep), Kristian II of Denmark and his navy attempts to take Stockholm, and failing, leave Stockholm with hostages (Oct), the Tomb of Sikandar Lodi in Delhi, India, is completed - and all these fine people were born:

1518-xxxx James Halyburton* Scottish Protestant reformer - Scotland (1589/c. 70)
1518-xxxx Hubert Languet* diplomat/ reformer - Vitteaux, Kingdom of France (1581/c. 63)
1518-xxxx Mayken Verhulst* one of the four most important female artists in the Low Countries - Mechelen (1596 or 1599)

1518-0120 Christoph Fischer* German theologian - Sankt Joachimsthal  (1598/80) 

1518-0202 Johann Hommel* German mathematician/astronomer  – Memmingen, Bavaria (1562/44)
1518-0213 Antonín Brus z Mohelnice* Moravian Archbishop of Prague - Mohelnice (1580/62)
1518-0221 John of Denmark* son of Christian II and Isabella of Austria - Copenhagen Castle, Kalmar Union (1532/14)
1518-0228 Francis III, Duke of Brittany* son of King Francis I of France - Château d’Amboise, Kingdom of France (1536/18)

1518-0308 Sidonie of Saxony* German noblewoman - Meissen, Saxony (1575/56)

1518-0421 Johannes Kentmann* German physician/naturalist - Dresden (1574/56)
1518-0422 Antoine of Navarre* King of Navarre through marriage to Queen Jeanne III/father of Henry IV of France - La Fère, Kingdom of France (1562/44)

1518-0703 Li Shizhen* Chinese acupuncturist/ pharmacologist/writer of the Ming dynasty – Qizhou Town, Qichun County, Hubei (1593/c. 74)

1518-0808 Conrad Lycosthenes* (b Wolffhart) humanist/encyclopedist - Rouffach, Alsace (1561/42)
1518-0815 Sten Eriksson (Leijonhufvud)* Swedish nobleman/military leader - Kalmar Union (1568/50)
1518-0819 Kaspar Brusch* German humanist/count palantine/historian - Schlaggenwald (1557/39)

1518-1101 Francisco de Enzinas* classical scholar/translator/author - Burgos, Spanish Empire (1552/34)
1518-1126 Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora* Italian cardinal - Rome, Papal States (1564/45)  

1518-1213 Clara of Saxe-Lauenburg* German noblewoman - Lauenburg upon Elbe (1576/57)
1518-1219 Enrique de Borja y Aragón* Spanish nobleman/cardinal - Gandia (1540/21)
1518-1231 Hieronymus Gerhard* politician in Württemberg - Heidelsheim (1574/55)

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Updated 28.7.2023
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