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Data for 1533

Atahualpa (c.1502-1533), the last effective Inca emperor

In the year 1533, King Henry VIII of England formally but secretly marries Anne Boleyn who becomes his second queen consort (Jan 25), and his marriage with Catherine of Aragon is declared annulled, not by the Pope though (May 23), Henry VIII is excommunicated by Pope Clement VII (Jul 11), the last effective Inca Emperor Atahualpa is executed at the orders of the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro (Jul 26), Pizarro arrives in Cusco, Peru (Nov 15) - and all these fine people were born:

1533-0102 Johann Major* German theologian/humanist/poet - Sankt Joachimsthal, Kingdom of Bohemia (1600/67)
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1533-0128 Paul Luther* German physician/medical chemist/alchemist - Wittenberg (1593/60)

1533-0209 Shimazu Yoshihisa* 島津義久 samurai/daimyo - Izaku Castle, Hioki (1611/78)
1533-0210
1533-0228 Michel de Montaigne* philosopher/known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre  - Château de Montaigne, Guyenne, Kingdom of France (1592/59)

1533-0424 William the Silent* (Willem de Zwijger) the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs resulting in the formal independence of the United Provinces - Dillenburg, County of Nassau, Holy Roman Empire (1584/51)

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1533-0630 Martín de Rada* Spanish missionary - Pamplona, Navarre (1578/44)

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1533-0710 Antonio Possevino* Jesuit controversialist/papal diplomat/encyclopedist - Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (1611/77)
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1533-0802 Theodor Zwinger* Swiss physician/humanist scholar - Basel (1588/54)
1533-0807 Alonso de Ercilla* soldier/ poet (La Araucana) - Madrid, Spanish Empire (1594/61)
1533-0807 Valentin Weigel* German theologian/philosopher/mystical writer - Hayn, Saxony (1588/54)

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1533-0905 Jacopo Zabarella* Italian philosopher/logician - Padua (1589/56)
1533-0907 Elizabeth I of England* Queen of England (1558-1603)/daughter of Henry VIII - Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, England (1603/69)
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1533-1009 Henry V, Burgrave of Plauen* German aristocrat - Andělská Hora (1568/35)
1533-1012 Asakura Yoshikage* 朝倉 義景 daimyo of the Sengoku period /a regent of Ashikaga Shogunate - Japan (1573/39)
1533-1014 Anna of Mecklenburg* Duchess consort of Courland - Wismar (1602/68)

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1533-1122 Alfonso II d’Este* Duke of Ferrara/grandson of Louis XII of France - Ferrara (1597/63)

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1533-1213 Eric XIV of Sweden* King of Sweden/ruler of Estonia - Tre Kronor Castle, Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1577/43)
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Updated 14.6.2023
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