In the year 1531, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro defeats the native inhabitants in the island of Puná, not long before the fall of the Inca Empire (Apr), Christian II’s failed invasion of Oslo begins (Nov), an enormous drought and locusts in Henan province in China results in some farmers turning to cannibalism, a witch-hunt is conducted in the German town of Schiltach, Kõpu Lighthouse in the Estonian island Hiiumaa is completed – and all these fine people were born:
1531-0126 Jens Bille* powerful servant of the Danish monarchy/the main scribe of one of the earliest surviving books of Danish poetry - Varberg, Denmark (1575/44)
1531-0214 Burkhard Leemann* clergyman/astronomer - Zürich, Old Swiss Confederacy (1613/82)
1531-0320 António, Prior of Crato* king of Portugal for 33 days - Lisbon, Portugal (1595/64)
1531-0320 Johann Sagittarius* (b Schütz) German theologian/active in Wittemberg - Halle (1584/53)
1531-0406 Wolfgang, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen* reforming nobleman - Herzberg (1595/64)
1531-0515 Maria of Austria* daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I from the House of Habsburg/foremother of Queen Victoria - Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (1581/50)
1531-0520 Thado Minsaw of Ava* Burman viceroy/miitary leader - Toungoo Palace, Toungoo Kingdom (1584/53)
1531-0601 János Zámboky* Hungarian physician/philologist/historian - Trnava (1584/53)
1531-0717 Antoine de Cráqui Canaples* Roman Catholic bishop/cardinal - Kingdom of France (1574/42)
1531-0722 Leonhard Thurneysser* Swiss scholar/pharmaceutical doctor/astrologer - Basel (1595 or 1596)
1531-0904 Hans Fugger* businessman/arts patron/politician – Germany (1598/66)
1531-0914 Philipp Apian* (b Bienewitz) German mathematician/medic/ the cartographer of Bavaria - Ingolstadt, Bavaria (1589/58)
1531-092x Henry Stanley* nobleman/ diplomat/politician - Lathom, England (1593/62)
1531-1007 Scipione Ammirato* historian/philosopher - Lecce, Kingdom of Naples (1601/69)
1531-1025 Matthew Wesenbeck* Belgian jurist/Protestant writer - Antwerpen (1586/54)
1531-1027 Herbert Duifhuis* Dutch reformed pastor – Rotterdam, Netherlands (1581/49)
1531-1114 Richard Topcliffe* investigator/torturer during the reign of Elizabeth I – Somerby, Lincolnshire, England (1604/72)
1531-1116 Anna d’Este* Italian princess with considerable influence at the court of France and a central figure in the French Wars of Religion - Ferrara (1607/75)
1531-1116 Roberto di Ridolfo* Italian nobleman/banker/to England at age 23/conspirator against Elizabeth I - Florence, Republic of Florence (1612/80)
1531-1129 Johannes Letzner* German Protestant priest and historian - Hardegsen, Lower Saxony (1613/81)
1531-1206 Vespasiano I Gonzaga* nobleman/ diplomat/military engineer - Fondi (1591/59)
1531-1215 Bernardo Buontalenti* stage designer/military engineer/ inventor of Italian ice cream - Florence, Republic of Florence (1608/76)
Updated 25.9.2021
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