An example of the golden ratio. Picture credit Tom Blackwell
In the year 1509, the Kingdom of France declares war on the Republic of Venice (Apr 7), Henry VIII becomes King of England (Apr 21), and marries Catherine of Aragon, Luca Pacioli’s De divina proportione, concerning the golden ratio, is published in Venice, with illustrations by Leonardo da Vinci (Jun 11), Maximillian I orders all Jews within the Holy Roman Empire to destroy all books opposing Christianity (Aug 19), Erasmus writes his most famous work, In Praise of Folly - and all of these fine people were born:
1509-xxxx François de Scépeaux de Vieilleville* governor/diplomat/ambassador - Kingdom of France (1571/62)
1509-xxxx Anneke Esaiasdochter* Dutch Anabaptist/executed as a heretic - Brielle (1539/c. 30)
1509-0102 Henry of Stolberg* German nobleman - Stolberg Castle, Saxony-Anhalt (1572/63)
1509-0125 Giovanni Morone* cardinal – Milan, Italy (1580/71)
1509-0202 John of Leiden* (b Johan Beukelszoon) - Zevenhoven, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands (1536/26)
1509-0210 Vidus Vidius* (b Guido Guidi) surgeon/anatomist – Florence (Firenze), Republic of Florence (1569/60)
1509-0325 Girolamo Dandini* Italian cardinal - Cesena, Emilia-Romagna (1559/50)
1509-0327 Wolrad II* German nobleman/Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg - Eisenberg Castle (1578/69)
1509-0423 Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal* son of King Manuel I of Portugal - Évora (1540/30)
1509-0527 Pasquale Cicogna* Doge of Venice - Venice (1595/85)
1509-0704 Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin* German nobleman/bishop - Stargard (1550/40)
1509-0710 John Calvin* theologian/ reformer – Noyon, Kingdom of France (1564/54)
1509-0803 Étienne Dolet* scholar/ translator/printer - Orléans, Kingdom of France (1546/37)
1509-0807 Joachim I* Prince of Anhalt-Dessau* - Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt (1561/52)
1509-0825 Ippolito II d’Este* Italian cardinal/statesman - Ferrara (1572/63)
1509-1104 John, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels* Polish-German nobleman - Olésnica (1565/55)
1509-1107 Bernardino Telesio* Italian philosopher/natural scientist - Cosenza, Calabria, Kingdom of Naples (1588/78)
1509-1218 Florian Griespek von Griespach* Bohemian nobleman/royal advisor/father of 24 - Innsbruck (1588/78)
Updated 18.12.2022
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