Costa Rica in Central America
In the year 1522, the Spanish conquistador Gil González Dávila sets out from the gulf of Panama to explore the Pacific coast of Central America, later naming Costa Rica as he finds copious quantities of gold on that beach (Jan 26), Martin Luther’s translation of the New Testament into Early New High German is published in Germany, selling thousands in the first few weeks (Sep 21), the Ottomans break into Rhodes (Dec 18), with Suleiman the Magnificent accepting the surrender of the surviving Knights there - these eventually re-settle on Malta, and become known as the Knights of Malta (Dec 20) - and all these fine people were born:
1522-0122 Charles II de Valois* Duke of Orléans - Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Kingdom of France (1545/23)
1522-0202 Lodovico Ferrari* mathematician - Bologna, Papal States (1565/43)
1522-0310 Miyoshi Nagayoshi* 三好 長慶 samurai/ruler of seven provinces of Kansai - Yamashiro Province (1564/42)
1522-0322 Daniel Brendel von Homburg* German Archbishop - Aschaffenburg. Bavaria (1582/60)
1522-0423 Catherine de' Ricci* Dominican Tertiary sister/honored as a saint by the Catholic Church - Florence, Republic of Florence (1590/67)
1522-0524 John Jewel* bishop of Salisbury - Berrynarbor, Devon, England (1571/49)
1522-0601 Dirck Coornhert* philosopher/ politician/artist - Amsterdam, the Dutch Republic (1590/68)
1522-0705 Margaret of Parma* Governor of the Netherlands/illegitimate daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V - Oudenaarde, Burgundian Low Countries (1586/63)
1522-0713 Sophia Jagiellon* Polish princess/Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg - Kraków (1575/52)
1522-0725 Anna of Lorraine* princess of the House of Lorraine - Lorraine (1568/45)
1522-0804 Udai Singh II* Maharana of Mewar/founder of the city of Udaipur - Chittor Fort, Rajasthan, Mewar (1572/49)
1522-0828 Severinus of Saxony* Saxon prince - Freiberg (1533/11)
1522-0911 Ulisse Aldrovandi* naturalist/the moving force behind Bologna’s botanical garden - Bologna, Papal States (1605/82)
1522-1004 Gabriele Paleotti* Italian cardinal/Archbishop of Bologna - Bologna, Papal States (1597/74)
1522-1014 Lucas Maius* German protestant pastor/playwright - Römhild (1598/75)
1522-1101 Andrew Corbet* politician/MP - Buckinghamshire, England (1578/55)
1522-1104 Albert de Gondi* Marshal of France - Florence, Republic of Florence (c.1602/c. 80)
1522-1118 Lamoraal van Egmont* Count of Egmont/general/statesman in the Spanish Netherlands whose execution helped spark the national uprising that eventually led to the independence of the Netherlands - Lahamaide, Henegouwen (1568/45)
1522-1216 Honoré I* Lord of Monaco/son of Lucien Grimaldi - Monaco (1581/58)
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Updated 27.8.2023 Stockholm
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