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Data for 1575

Old Swedish medicin bottles

In the year 1575,  William I of Orange founds Leiden University in the Netherlands (Feb 8), Oda Nobunaga defeats Takeda Katsuyori in Japan’s first modern battle in Nagashino (Jun 28), captains of vessels flying the Spanish flag are legally required to maintain a logbook, the Dutch pharmacist Anthonius Busenius is authorized to sell some of the medicin at the Royal Castle to the people of Stockholm (the first time such happens), the bubonic plague decimates Venice - and all these fine people were born:

1575-xxxx Erkki Paavonpoika Riippi** father of Niiles Erkinpoika Riippi - Sweden-Finland (c. 1620/35-53) aby

1575-xxxx Marketta Sipintytär Riippi** mother of Niiles Erkinpoika Riippi/married twice - Sweden-Finland (c. 1642/55-75) aby

1575-0204 Pierre de Bérulle* Catholic priest/cardinal/statesman - Cérilly, Kingdom of France (1629/54)
1575-0221 Marten Pepijn* Flemish painter - Antwerp (1643/68)

1575-0326 Johann Carolus* publisher of the world’s first newspaper - Muhlbach-sur-Munster, Holy Roman Empire (1634/59)

1575-0426 Marie de' Medici* Queen of France - Florence, Tuscany (1642/67)

1575-0520 Robert Heath* judge/ politician - Edenbridge, Kent, England (1649/74)

1575-0615 Lelio Biscia* Italian Catholic cardinal - Rome, Papal States (1638/63)

1575-0711 Thomas Berkeley* nobleman/politician - England (1611/36)

1575-0804 Robert Hayman* poet/colonist/ Proprietary Governor of Bristol’s Hope colony in Newfoundland - Wolborough, Devon, England (1629/54)
1575-0824 William Burton* antiquary - Lindley, Leicestershire, England (1645/)

1575-1104 Guido Reni* painter - Bologna, Papal States (1642/66)

1575-1218 Michelagnolo Galilei* lutenist/ composer/brother of the scientist Galileo Galilei - Florence (1631/55)

Updated 4.4.2023-1
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