Christ the Redeemer (1931) overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro

In the year 1565, Ivan the Terrible starts the repression of the aristocrats (Jan 3), the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded (Mar 1), St. Augustine in Florida is established, becoming the oldest surviving European settlement in the modern-day United States (Sep 8), the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West is fought in Fukuda Bay (Oct 18), the pencil is first documented, and becomes common in England - and all these fine people were born:

1565-xxxx Henry Hudson* explorer/navigator/Hudson River is named after him - Kingdom of England (1611/disappeared)

1565-0323 Eilhard Lubinus* German theologian/ philosopher/cartographer - Westerstede (1621/56)

1565-0706 Hugh Hamersley* Lord Mayor of London - Watlington, Oxfordshire, Kingdom of England (1636/71)

1565-0829 Agostino Ciampelli* Italian painter - Florence (1630/64)

1565-0928 Alessandro Tassoni* Italian nobleman/poet/ writer - Modena (1635/69)

1565-1006 Marie de Gournay* writer - Paris, Kingdom of France (1645/79)

1565-1110 Robert Devereux* nobleman/ general/a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I - Netherwood, Hereforshire, Kingdom of England (1601/35)
1565-1110 Laurentius Paulinus Gothus* theologian/astronomer/ Archbishop of Uppsala - Söderköping, Sweden (1646/73)

Updated 9.6.2022
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