Potosí in modern-day Bolivia, 2003

In the year 1545, the Scots defeat the numerically superior English forces at the Battle of Ancrum Moor (Feb 27), the Spanish conquistadores found the mining town Potosí, the huge silver deposits of which provide most of the wealth on which the Spanish Empire is based (Apr 1), Spanish explorer Ortiz de Retez sets out to navigate the northern coast of New Guinea (Jun 13), Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, is sunk by the French (Jul 18) - and all these fine people were born:

1545-0401 Peder Claussøn Friis* clergyman/ author/historian - Egersund, Norway (1614/69)
1545-0428 Yi Sun-sin* 이순신 military leader/national hero in Korea - Euljiro-dong, Joseon Korea (1598/53)

1545-0501 Franciscus Junius the elder* scholar/ theologian/Protestant reformer - Bourges, France (1602/57)

1545-0617 Powhatan* leader of the Tsenacommacah tribe/father of Pocahontas – Virginia? (1618/72)
1545-0619 Princess Anna of Sweden* daughter of King Gustav I (Gustav Vasa) and Queen Margaret - Stockholm, Sweden (1610/64)

1545-0801 Andrew Melville* scholar/ theologian/religious reformer - Baldovie, Scotland (1622/c.76)

1545-1207 Henry Stuart* Lord Darnley/second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots – Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, England (1567/21)

Updated 22.6.2021

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