Nuva Hiva of the Marquesas Islands, Polynesia
In the year 1595, the first printed catalog of an institutional library appears in Leiden University Library (May 24), a Spanish expedition makes the first European landing in Polynesia, on the Marquesas Islands (Jul 21), the Spanish raid Cornwall, England (Jul 23), William Shakespeare’s Richard II is performed in London, probably for the first time (Dec 9), Sir Walter Raleigh travels up the Orinoco River in South America, in search of the fabled city of El Dorado - and all these fine people were born:
1595-xxxx John Felton* army officer/assassin - Suffolk, Kingdom of England (1628/c.33)
1595-xxxx Barbro Matintytär Uppa* mother of Tuomas Jaakonpoika Uppa - Sweden-Finland (1684/84-93) aby
1595-xxxx Jaakko Erkinpoika Uppa** farmer/husband of Barbro - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1692/96)
1595-xxxx William Blaxton* early settler in New England/first in Boston - Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England (1675/80)
1595-0115 Henry Carey* 2nd Earl of Monmouth/translator - Denham, Buckinghamshire, England (1661/65)
1595-0321 Ferdinando Ughelli* Cistercian monk/church historian - Florence, Republic of Florence (1670/75)
1595-0405 John Wilson* composer - Faversham, Kent, England (1674/78)
1595-0430 Anne Lykke* noblewoman/royal mistress of Christian, Prince Elect of Denmark - Vordingborg Castle, Denmark (1641/c.46)
1595-0501 Lars Kagg* count/military officer - Örslösa, Sweden (1661/66)
1595-0704 Félix Castello* painter - Madrid, Spain (1651/56)
1595-0831 Georges Fournier* Jesuit priest/geographer/mathematician - Caen, France (1652/56)
1595-1018 Lucas van Uden* Flemish landscape painter/draughtsman/ engraver - Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant (1672/77)
1595-1018 Edward Winslow* Mayflower passenger/colonial leader in Plymouth County - Droitwich, Worcestershire, England (1655/59)
1595-1118 Pietro Desani* Italian painter - Bologna, Emilia-Romagna (1647/51)
1595-1211 Heo Mok* 허목 politician/ scholar/calligrapher - Changseonbang, Hanseong (Seoul), Korea (1682/86)
Updated 30.3.2023-2
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