The Lighthouse of Genoa
In the year 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, offering mathematical arguments for the existence of the heliocentric universe, and dies shorty after (May), King Henry VIII of England gets married for the sixth and last time (Catherine Parr), with princess Elizabeth attending the wedding (Jul 12), Mary Stuart is crowned the Queen of Scots at nine months old (Sep 9), the Lighthouse of Genoa is completed in present form, Mikael Agricola publishes his first book, Abckiria - the first book that was published in the Finnish language - and all these fine people were born:
1543-0118 Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder (B) Italian composer/active in England - Bologna, Papal States (1588/45)
1543-0131 Tokugawa Ieyasu* founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate – Japan (73)
1543-0204 Giovanni Francesco Fara* historian/geographer/clergyman -Sassari, Sardinia (1591/48)
1543-0204 Johannes Heurnius* Dutch physician/natural philosopher - Utrecht, Seventeen Provinces (1601/58)
1543-0214 Valentin Schindler* German Hebrew language teacher - Oederan, Saxony (1604/61)
1543-0216 Kanō Eitoku* 狩野 永徳 Japanese painter - Kyoto (1590/47)
1543-0307 John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern* German prince/son of Frederick III - Simmern (1592/48)
1543-0315 Nathan Chyträus* German theologian/poet/philologist - Menzingen (1598/54)
1543-0401 François de Bonne* soldier/ Constable of France - Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur, Kingdom of France (1626/83)
1543-0411 George John I* German nobleman/m to Anna of Sweden, daughter of Gustav Vasa - Veldenz (1592/49)
1543-0502 Jan Moretus* Flemish printer - Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands (1610/67)
1543-0530
1543-0618 Petrus Albinus* German scholar/the father of Saxon historiography - Schneeberg, Saxony (1598/55)
1543-0620 Nils Svantesson Sture* diplomat/military officer – Hörningsholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1567/23)
1543-0629 Christine of Hesse* German noblewoman/grandmother of Gustav II Adolf - Kassel (1604/60)
1543-0701
1543-0803 Nicasius de Sille* Dutch diplomat/statesman - Mechelen (1600/57)
1543-0821 Giovanni Bembo* the 92nd Doge of Venice - Venice, Republic of Venice (1618/74)
1543-0904 Johann Lange* organ maker/active in Saxony - Wesselburen, Schleswig-Holstein (1616/72)
1543-0914 Claudio Acquaviva* Italian Jesuit priest - Atri, Abruzzo (1615/71)
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1543-1021 Michael Hicks* courtier/ secretary/politician - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (1612/68)
1543-1102 Kasper Franck* German theologian/controversialist - Ortrand, Saxony (1584/40)
1543-1108 Lettice Knollys* Countess of Essex/lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I - Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England (1634/91)
1543-1203 Alessandro Riario* Roman Catholic bishop/cardinal - Bologna, Papal States (1585/41)
1543-1229 Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg* sister of William the Silent - Dillenburg Castle, Dillenburg (1624/80)
Updated 6.3.2023
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