Due to the numerous tortoises presiding there, the Galápagos Islands were initially called Insulae de los Galopegos - Islands of the Tortoises

In the year 1535, Ciudad de los Reyes, i.e.future Lima & the future capital of Peru, is founded (Jan 18), the Galápagos Islands are accidentally discovered (Mar 10), Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia and one time Lord Chancellor of England, is executed for treason (Jul 6), the first complete English-language Bible is printed in Antwerp (Oct 4) - and all these fine people were born:

1535-0228 Cornelius Gemma* physician/astronomer/astrologer - Leuven, Netherlands (1578/43)

1535-0310 William of Rosenberg* Bohemian nobleman/High Treasurer of Bohemia - Schützendorf, Habsburg Dynasty (1592/57)

1535-0531 Alessandro Allori* portrait painter - Florence, Duchy of Florence (1607/72)

1535-0621 Leonhard Rauwolf* physician/ botanist/traveller - Augsburg, Germany (1596/61)

1535-0715 Jacob Ramminger* German architect - Heidenheim an der Brenz, Bavaria (1606/c.70)
1535-0722 Katarina Stenbock* Queen of Sweden by way of marriage to King Gustav I - Torpa, Västergötland, Sweden (1621/86)

1535-0821 Shimazu Yoshihiro* 島津 義弘 general - Izaku Castle, Japan (1619/84)

1535-1016 Niwa Nagahide* 丹羽 長秀 samurai/daimyō - Japan (1585/49)

1535-1109 Nanda Bayin* King of Burma - Toungoo (1600/65)

1535-1228 Martin Eisengrein* Catholic theologian/university professor/ polemical writer - Stuttgart, Germany (1578/42)

Updated 30.6.2021
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