Jean Ribault (1520-1565), painting by Calvin Bryant

In the year 1562, the Huguenot wars begin in France (Mar 1), the French navigator Jean Ribault lands in Florida, in search of colony locations for French Huguenot Christians fleeing persecution in France (May 1), Bishop of Yucatan burns the sacred books of the Maya (Jul 12), John Hawkins initiates the English trans-Atlantic slave trade, shipping slaves from Sierra Leone to Hispaniola in the Caribbean (Oct) – and all these fine people were born:

1562-xxxx Isabella Andreini* (b Canali) Italian actress/ writer - Padua (1604/ca 42)

1562-0113 Mark Alexander Boyd* poet/soldier of fortune – Ayrshire, Scotland (1601/39)
1562-0120 Ottavio Rinuccini* Italian poet/ courtier/opera librettist - Florence, Duchy of Florence (1621/59)
1562-0131 Edward Blount (B) publisher - London, England (1632/ca 70)

1562-0215 Maeda Toshinaga* 前田 利長 samurai in the Sengoku period/daimyō in the Edo period - Owari Province, Japan (1614/52)

1562-0506 Pietro Bernini* sculptor – Sesto Fiorentino, Duchy of Florence (1629/67)

1562-0916 Niels Mikkelsen Aalborg* priest/ author - Aalborg, Denmark-Norway (1645/83)

1562-1004 Christen Sørensen Longomontanus* astrononomer – Lomborg, Jutland, Denmark-Norway (1647/85)
1562-1019 George Abbot* bishop/ Archbishop of Canterbury - Guildford, Surrey, England (1633/70)

1562-1125 Lope de Vega* playwright/poet/profilic writer – Madrid, Spain (1635/72)

Updated 17.11.2022
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