The Persian polymath Avicenna (980-1037)

In the year 1527, Ferdinand I of Austria becomes King of Croatia (Jan 1), Spanish and German troops led by the Duke of Bourbon sack Rome (May 6), the Narváez expedition to conquer Florida sets sail from Spain , and the Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden whereby Lutheranism is adopted as the state religion, in place of Roman Catholicism (Jun 17), Jakarta is founded (Jun 22), in a display of his contempt for conventional medicine, Paracelsus burns Canon of Medicine by the Persian polymath Avicenna (Jun 23), the first known letter in English is sent from North America (Aug 3) - and all these fine people were born:

1527-0304 Ludwig Lavater* Swiss Reformed theologian/author - Kyburg Castle, Switzerland (1586/59)
1527-0321 Hermann Finck* organist/ composer - Pirna, Saxony (1558/31)
1527-0331 Edward Fitton the elder* Irish politician - Ireland (1579/52)

1527-0404/14 Abraham Ortelius* Flemish cartographer/cosmographer/creator of the first modern atlas - Antwerp, Habsburg Netherlands (1598/71)

1527-0521 Philip II of Spain* King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily - Palacio de Pimentel, Valladolid, Castile (1598/71)

1527-0708 Saitō Yoshitatsu* 斎藤 義龍 samurai during the Sengoku period - Japan (1561/33)
1527-0713 John Dee* astronomer/ astrologer/occult philosopher - Tower Ward, London, England (1608/81)
1527-0731 Maximilian II* Holy Roman Emperor - Vienna, Archduchy of Austria (1576/49)

1527-0929 John Lesley* Roman Catholic bishop/historian - Kingussie, Badenoch, Scotland (1596/68)

1527-1002 William Drury* soldier/statesman - Hawstead, Suffolk, England (1579/52)
1527-1015 Maria Manuela* Princess of Portugal/daughter of King John III of Portugal - Coimbra (1545/17)

1527-1118 Luca Cambiaso* Italian painter - Moneglia, Republic of Genoa (1585/57)

1527-1223 Hugues Doneau* lawyer/one of the leading representatives of French legal humanism - Chalon-sur-Saône, Kingdom of France (1591/63)

Updated 8.3.2022
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