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In the year 1542, Guadalajara in Mexico is finally founded by the Spaniards after aggressive opposition from local tribes (Feb 14), Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo mistakes California for an island and claims it for Spain (Jun 27), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo lands in what is now San Diego Bay, and names it “San Miguel”; it will later become the city of San Diego (Sep 28), the earliest written example of the Romani language appears - and all these fine people were born:

1542-xxxx William II de La Marck* Dutch Lord of Lumey/admiral of the Watergeuzen, the so-called ‘sea beggars’ - Lummen (1578/c.36)
1542-xxxx Toda Kazuaki* 戸田 一西 samurai in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu - Japan (1604/c. 62)

1542-0201 John Scudamore* courtier/politician - Herefordshire, England (1623/81)
1542-0222 Santino Garsi da Parma* lutenist/composer - Parma, Papal States (1604/61)

1542-0319 Jan Zamoyski* Polish nobleman/magnate - Skokówka, Kingdom of Poland (1605/63)

1542-0615 Richard Grenville* privateer/ explorer/ancestor of George Vancouver - Bideford, Devon, England (1591/49)

1542-0725 Magnus Vasa* Duke of Östergötland/son of Gustav Vasa - Royal Place, Stockholm, Sweden (1595/52)

1542-1001 Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira* navigator/ explorer - Congosto, Spanish Empire (1595/53)

1542-1109 Anders Sørensen Vedel* priest/ historian - Vejle, Denmark (1616/73)

1542 -1208 Mary, Queen of Scots* Mary I of Scotland (1542-1567)/daughter of King James V - Linlithgow Palace, Scotland (1587/44)
1542-1221 Thomas Allen* mathematician /astrologer - Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England (1632/89)

Updated 2.3.2022
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