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Historical Figures Born in 1530

  • Feb 18 Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)
  • May 7 Louis, Prince of Condé (1530-69), born in Vendôme (d. 1569)
  • Jul 3 Claude Fauchet, French historian, born in Paris (d. 1601)

Ivan the TerribleIvan the Terrible (1530-1584)

Aug 25 Grand Prince of Moscow (1533-47) and 1st Tsar of Russia (1547-75 and 1576-84), born in Kolomenskoye, Russia

Ivan the Terrible
  • Sep 30 Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
  • Nov 1 Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer, born in Sarlat-la-Canéda, Périgord, France (d. 1563)

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