In the year 1534, Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland, while searching for the Northwest Passage (May 10), Copenhagen opens its gates to the army of Lübeck and the Hanseatic League (Jun 23), leading the Danish nobility to recognize Christian III as King (Jul 4), over 200 Spanish settlers found what becomes Quito, Ecuador (Dec 4), Martin Luther’s translation of the complete Christian Bible into German is printed in Wittenberg, the first book in Yiddish is printed, translating difficult phrases in biblical Hebrew, the Ottoman army captures the city of Baghdad from the Safavids – and all these fine people were born:
1534-xxxx Lodovico Agostini* Italian priest/ singer/composer - Ferrara (1590/c. 56)
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1534-xxxx Isaac Luria* rabbi/ Jewish mystic/considered the father of contemporary Kabbalah - Jerusalem, Damascus Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (1572/c. 38)
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1534-0106 Pavao Skalić* Croatian encyclopedist/humanist/adventurer - Zagreb (1573/39)
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1534-0205 Giovanni de’Bardi* writer/ composer/soldier - Florence, Republic of Florence (1612/78)
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1534-0319 Joseph of Anchieta* Jesuit missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil - San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spanish Empire (1597/63)
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1534-0418 William Harrison* priest/writer (Description of England) - London, England (1593/59)
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1534-0623 Oda Nobunaga* 織田 信長 daimyo/regarded as the first “Great Unifier” of Japan – Nagoya Castle, Owari province (1582/47)
1534-0701 Frederick II of Denmark* King of Denmark and Norway - Haderslevhus Castle, Denmark-Norway (1588/53)
1534-0703 Myeongjong of Joseon* the 13th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea - Joseon Dynasty (1567/33)
1534-0718 Zacharias Ursinus* German theologian/reformer - Breslau, Silesia, Habsburg monarchy (1583/48)
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1534-0829 Nicholas Pieck* Franciscan friar/martyr - Gorkum, County of Holland, Holy Roman Empire (1572/39)
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1534-0924 Guru Ram Das* the fourth of the ten Sikh gurus - Chuna Mandi, Lahore, Mughal Empire (1581/46)
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1534-1018 Jean Passerat* political satirist/poet - Troyes, Kingdom of France (1602/67)
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1534-1102 Archduchess Eleanor of Austria* daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor - Vienna, Duchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (1594/59)
1534-1106 Joachim Camerarius the Younger* German physician/botanist/zoologist - Nuremberg (1598/63)
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1534-1216 Hans Bol* Flemish painter/miniature painter/print artist - Mechelen (1593/58)
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Updated 18.6.2023
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