On This Day

Famous People Born in 1575

  • Feb 4 Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and mystic (founded Congregation of the French Oratory), born in Cérilly, France (d. 1629)
  • Jun 26 Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway, born in Halle (Saale), Holy Roman Empire (d. 1612)
  • Jul 25 Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and physicist, born in Markt Wald, Germany (d. 1650)
  • Aug 14 Robert Hayman, English poet, born in Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon (d. 1629)
  • Aug 15 Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist, born in Pag, Croatia (d. 1650)

Henry HudsonHenry Hudson (c. 1565-1575)

Sep 12 English navigator and explorer (Hudson River), born in England

Henry Hudson
  • Nov 4 Guido Reni, Italian Baroque painter, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1642)

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