Abraham Ortelius World Map Typvs Orbis Terrarvm
In the year 1570, Ivan the Terrible begins the Massacre of Novgorod (Jan 9), the assassination of Scottish regent James Stewart plunges Scotland into civil war (Jan 23), Abraham Ortelius publishes the first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, in Antwerp (May 20), the Kingdom of Livonia is established (Jun 10), the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus begins (Jul 3), the oldest law firm in operation, Thomson Snell & Passmore, is founded in Kent, England (Jul 22) - and all these fine people were born:
1570-0119 Wolfgang Hirschbach* German legal scholar - Gotha, Thuringia (1620/50)
1570-0412 Giovanni Tiepolo* Patriarch of Venice - Venice (1631/61)
1570-0413 Guy Fawkes* conspirator - Stonegate, York, England (1606)
1570-0428 Ludolf von Münchhausen* German landowner/ bibliophile - Apelern (1640/70)
1570-0508 Tamás Esterházy* nobleman/author - Kingdom of Hungary (1616)
1570-0613 Paul Peuerl (B) German organist/organ builder/composer of instrumental music - Stuttgart (ca1625)
1570-0615 Murad Mirza* Mughal prince/son of Emperor Akbar - Fatehpur Sikri, Agra (1599/28)
1570-0822 Franz von Dietrichstein* Austrian nobleman/Prince of Dietrichstein - Madrid (1636/66)
1570-0907 Günther XLII* count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - Sondershausen, Thuringia (1643/72)
1570-0928 Richard Hoghton* nobleman/ politician/MP - Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, England (1630/60)
1570-1004 Péter Pázmány* Hungarian Jesuit pulpit orator/cardinal/ statesman - Nagyvárad, Principality of Transylvania (1637/66)
1570-1007 Volkert Overlander* Dutch jurist/ship-owner/merchant - Amsterdam, Spanish Netherlands (1630/60)
1570-1115 Francesco Curradi* Italian painter - Florence (1661/90)
1570-1128 James Whitelocke* judge/ politician - London, England (1632/61)
1570-1211 Esther Imbert* French noblewoman/mistress of Henry IV of France/had son with him - Fontenay-le-Comte, Kingdom of France (1593/22)
1570-1229 Wilhelm Lamormaini* Jesuit theologian/confessor of emperor Ferdinand II - Duchy of Luxembourg, Habsburg Netherlands (1648/77)
Updated 14.11.2022
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