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Historical Figures Born in 1493

  • Mar 15 Anne de Montmorency, French Duke, soldier and statesman (Marshal and Constable of France, influential at court), born in Chantilly, France (d. 1567)
  • Jun 5 Justus Jonas, German Protestant theologian and reformer, born in Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany (d. 1555)
  • Sep 28 Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and litterateur, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1543)
  • Oct 14 Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (d. 1568)
  • Nov 11 Bernardo Tasso, Italian courtier and poet, born in Bergamo, Venice (d. 1569)

ParacelsusParacelsus (1493-1541)

Nov 11 Swiss physician and alchemist (Zinc, Laudanum), born in Einsiedeln, Switzerland

Paracelsus
  • Nov 12 Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)

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