June 6th is the Swedish National Day

In the year 1523, Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway (Jan 20), Gustav Eriksson is crowned King Gustav Vasa of Sweden, whereby Kalmar Union is no more - and the modern Swedish nation is thus established, exactly 500 years ago today (Jun 6), Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels, become the first Flemish Lutheran martyrs (Jul 1), Chinese navy captures two Western ships whose cannons are later copied by them - and all these fine people were born:

1523-0129 Enea Vico* engraver - Parma, Papal States (1567/44)

1523-0213 Valentin Naboth* German mathematician/ astronomer/astrologer - Calau (1593/70)
1523-0220 Jan Blahoslav* Czech humanistic writer/ etymologist/composer - Přerov, Moravia (1571/48)

1523-0405 Blaise de Vigenère* diplomat/ cryptographer/ alchemist - Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Kingdom of France (1596/72)
1523-0421 Marco Antonio Bragadin* lawyer/ military officer - Venice, Republic of Venice (1571/48)

1523-0921 Sancho d’Avila* army general - Ávila, Spanish Empire (1583/60)

1523-1010 Ludwig Rabus* theologian/martyrologist - Memmingen, Germany (1592/68)
1523-1018 Anna Jagiellon* Queen of Poland/daughter of Sigismund I of Poland - Kraków, Kingdom of Poland (1596/72)

Updated 6.6.2023
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