Emperor Montezuma II welcomes Cortés in Mexico, photo credit to Architect of the Capitol

In 1519, Hernán Cortés and his conquistadores land in Mexico (Mar 4), Martin Luther joins the debate regarding papal authority (Jul 4), Panama City is founded (Aug 15), Cortés enters the court of Aztec ruler Montezuma (Nov 8), cacao comes to Europe, St. Olaf’s Church in Tallinn, Estonia is completed, and all these fine people were born:

1519-0118 Isabella Jagiellon* Queen consort of Hungary - Krakow, Poland (1559/40)

1519-0215 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés* admiral/ explorer/the first governor of Florida - Avilés, Asturias, Spain (1574/55)

1519-0304 Hindal Mirza* Mughal prince - Kabul, Mughal Empire (1551/32)

1519-0417 Frans Floris* Flemish painter/draughtsman/tapestry designer - Antwerp, Flanders (1570/51)

1519-0606 Andrea Cesalpino* physician/philosopher/botanist - Arezzo, Tuscany (1603/83)
1519-0623 Johannes Goropius Becanus* (b Jan Gerartsen) physician/ linguist/humanist - Gorp, Netherlands (1572/53)

1519-1122 Johannes Crato von Krafftheim* humanist/court physician to three Holy Roman emperors - Breslau, Germany (1585/65)

Updated 22.12.2020..

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