Portrait of Francisco Pizarro (1478-1541) by Amable-Paul Coutan, 1835
In the year 1538, the Kingdom of Hungary is divided between the future Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and the Voivode of Transylvania, John Zápolya (Feb 24), the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro seizes Cusco in Peru (Apr 26), the Dissolution of the Monasteries in England goes on with the dissolution of the newly founded Bisham Abbey (Jun 19), Bogotá in Colombia is founded (Aug 6), Henry VIII of England is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic church (Dec 17) - and all these fine people were born:
1538-xxxx Hogenskild Bielke* nobleman/court official/a prominent leader against royal authority - Stora Dala, Kingdom of Sweden (1605/c. 67)
1538-xxxx Matthias de l’Obel* Flemish physician/plant enthusiast - Lille, County of Flanders, Spanish Netherlands (1616/c. 77)
1538-0106 Jane Dormer* lady-in-waiting to Mary I – Eythrope, Buckinghamshire, England (1612/73)
1538-0110 Louis of Nassau* son of William, Count of Nassau - (1574/36)
1538-0113 Udai Singh Rathore* the ruler of Marwar - Jodhpur, Kingdom of Marwar (1595/57)
1538-0115 Maeda Toshiie* 前田 利家 a leading general of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period - Arako, Nagoya (1599/61)
1538-0223 Dorothy Catherine of Brandenburg-Ansbach* princess - Anspach, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (1604/65)
1538-0310 Gregor Bersman* German philologist/poet - Annaberg, Saxony (1611/73)
1538-0325 Christopher Clavius* mathematician/ astronomer – Bamberg, Bavaria, Roman Empire (1612/73)
1538-0416 Hans von Khevenhüller-Frankenburg* Count of Frankenburg/imperial diplomat in Spain - Spittal an der Drau (1606/68)
1538-0424 Guglielmo Gonzaga* Duke of Mantua - Mantua, Ducky of Mantua (1587/49)
1538-0426 Gian Paolo Lomazzo* Italian painter/art theorist - Milan (1592/53)
1538-0630 Bonaventura Vulcanius* Flemish humanist/poet - Bruges (1614/76)
1538-0708 Alberto Bolognetti* law professor/bishop/cardinal - Bologna, Papal States (1585/46)
1538-0725 Diane de France* illegitimate daughter of Henry II of France/a leader in the French Wars of Religion/founder of the Hôtel d’Angoulême in Paris - Paris, Kingdom of France (1619/80)
1538-0728 Erik Gustafsson Stenbock* military man/courtier/civil servant – Länghem, Kingdom of Sweden (1602/63)
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1538-0809 Lorenzo Priuli* Roman Catholic cardinal/Patriarch of Venice - Venice, Republic of Venice (1600/61)
1538-0812 Maria of Portugal* Hereditary Princess of Parma - Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal (1577/38)
1538-0830 Caesar Baronius* Italian cardinal/historian - Sora, Duchy of Sora (1607/68)
1538-0921 Lewis Mordaunt* nobleman/ politician/MP - England (1601/62)
1538-0929 Johan II of East Frisia* count/ member of the House of Cirksena - Aurich, East Frisia (1591/53)
1538-0929 Joan Terès i Borrull* bishop/ archbishop/councillor of King Philip III of Spain - Verdú, Spanish Empire (1603/64)
1538-1002 Carlo Borromeo* cardinal/ Archbishop of Milan/reformer - Castle of Arona, Duchy of Milan (1584/46)
1538-1017 Irene di Spilimbergo* Italian painter/ poet - Spilimbergo, Province of Pordenone (1559/21)
1538-1116 Turibius of Mogrovejo* Grand Inquisitor/missionary Archbishop of Lima - Mayorga de Campos, Kingdom of León, Habsburg Spain (1606/67)
1538-1210 Giovanni Battista Guarini* Italian poet/dramatist/diplomat – Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (1612/73)
1538-1211 Sigismund of Brandenburg* Prince-Archbishop of Magdeburg - Cölln, Holy Roman Empire (1566/28)
1538-1213 Sigrid Sture* noblewoman/governor/granddaughter of Christina Gyllenstierna - Mörkö, Kingdom of Sweden (1613/74)
Updated 3.10.2022
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