Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor

In the year 1525, the last Aztec Emperor, Cuauhtémoc, is killed by the Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés (Feb 28), the first human rights related document written in Europe, the pamphlet The Twelve Articles, is published in the German town of Memmingen (Mar 20), Martin Luther marries ex-nun Katharina von Bora (Jun 13), European-brought diseases sweep through the Andes, killing thousands, including the Inca, the Navarre witch trials begin - and all these fine people were born:

1525-xxxx Pieter Bruegel the Elder* painter/printmaker - Breda, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands (1569/c.39-44)
1525-xxxx Johann Renner* German notary/chronicler - Tecklenburg, Holy Roman Empire (1583/c.58)
1525-xxxx Alessandro Vittoria* sculptor/architect - Trento, Republic of Venice, Holy Roman Empire (1608/c.83)

1525-0129 Lelio Sozzini* Italian humanist/reformer - Siena, Tuscany (1562/37)

1525-0201 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina* composer - Palestrina, Papal States (1594/89)
1525-0205 Juraj Drašković* Croatian Catholic cardinal - Bilina near Knin, Croatia, Ottoman Empire (1587/61)

1525-0325 Richard Edwardes* poet/ playwright/composer - Somerset, England (1566/41)

1525-0601 Caspar Peucer* German physician/ scholar/reformer - Bautzen, the Lusatian League (1602/77)
1525-0629 Peter Agricola* humanist/theologian/ statesman - Holzheim, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (1585/60)

1525-0901 Christoffer Valkendorff* landowner/statesman - Glorup, Denmark (1601/75)
1525-0925 Stephen Borough* navigator/explorer - Northam, Devon, England (1584/58)

1525-1107 Georg Cracow* German lawyer/statesman - Stettin (1575/49)

1525-1201 Tadeáš Hájek* Czech naturalist/ physician/astronomer - Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (1600/74)

Updated 23.4.2021
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