Mimura Iechika (1517–1566)
In the year 1566, one of the first gun assassinations in Japanese (if not world) history takes place as Mimura Iechika is shot dead (Endo Ma (Feb 24), the foundation stone of Valletta, the future capital city of Malta, is laid (Mar 28), the construction of the white marble bridge across the river Neretva at Mostar (in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) begins (Jul 19) - and all these fine people were born:
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1566-0115 Philipp Uffenbach* German painter/etcher - Frankfurt (1636/70)
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1566-0218 Francesco Erizzo* Doge of Venice - Venice, Republic of Venice (1646/79)
1566-0301 John Hoskins* lawyer/ politician/poet - Mownton-upon-Wye, Herefordshire, England (1638/72)
1566-0308 Carlo Gesualdo* Italian nobleman/composer - Venosa, Kingdom of Naples (1613/47)
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1566-0402 Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi* Carmelite nun/mystic/saint - Venice, Republic of Venice (1607/41)
1566-0402 Bartholda van Swieten* noblewoman/ diplomat - Den Haag, Dutch Republic (1647/81)
1566-0526 Mehmed III* Sultan of the Ottoman Empire - Manisa Palace, Ottoman Empire (1603/37)
1566-0619 James VI and I* King of Scotland/of England and Ireland/the first monarch to rule both Scotland and England – Edinburgh Castle, Scotland (1625/58)
1566-0620 Sigismund III Vasa* King of Poland/King of Sweden/Grand Duke of Finland - Gripsholm, Mariefred, Kingdom of Sweden (1632/65)
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1566-0709 John Ernest* German nobleman - Gotha, Thuringia (1638/72)
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1566-0812 Isabella Clara Eugenia* sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands - Palacio de Valsain, Segovia, Spanish Empire (1633/67)
1566-0824 Abraham Scultetus* German theologian/court preacher for Frederick V - Grünberg, Silesia (1625/59)
1566-0901 Edward Alleyn* actor - Bishopsgate, London, England (1626/60)
1566-0919 Peder Månsson Utter* genealogist/ archiver - Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1623/57)
1566-1013 Richard Boyle* nobleman/ politician/Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland - Canterbury, Kent, England (1643/76)
1566-1015 Sigrid of Sweden * the legitimized daughter of King Eric XIV of Sweden - Svartsjö Castle, Kingdom of Sweden (1633/ca 66)
1566-1118 Sivert Beck* Danish landowner/civil servant/treasurer - Roskilde, Denmark-Norway (1623/56)
1566-1125 John Heminges (B) actor in the King’s Men/editor of the collected plays of Shakespeare - Droitwich, Worcestershire, England (1630/63)
1566-1126 Francesco Bracciolini* Italian poet - Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1645/78)
1566-1201 Philip of Nassau* Dutch military leader/Count of Nassau - Dillenburg (1595/28)
1566-1211 Manuel Cardoso (B) Portuguese organist/composer - Fronteira, Portalegre (1650/83)
1566-1225 Abraham Bloemaert* Dutch painter/printmaker/engraver – Gorinchem, Habsburg Netherlands (1651(84)
1566-1227 Jan Jesenius* Slovak physician/politician/philosopher – Breslau, Silesia, Habsburg Monarchy (1621/54)
Updated 27.12.2022
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