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Historical Figures Born in 1542

  • Jun 15 Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/vice-admiral (Roanoke)
  • Jun 24 St. John of the Cross [Juan de Yepes y Álvarez], Spanish Carmelite mystic, saint, priest and poet, born in Fontiveros, Ávila, Spain (d. 1591)
  • Sep 25 Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem & Juliana van Stolberg, born in Dillenburg (d. 1603)
  • Oct 4 Roberto Bellarmino, Italian saint (Doctor of the Church), born in Montepulciano, Italy (d. 1621)

AkbarAkbar (1542-1605)

Oct 15 3rd Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), born in Umerkot, Sindh

Akbar

Mary, Queen of ScotsMary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587)

Dec 8 Queen of Scots [Mary Stuart], Queen of Scotland (1560-87), born in Linlithgow Palace, Scotland

Mary, Queen of Scots


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