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1480s births
- Ferdinand MagellanFerdinand Magellan never finished the first voyage around the world. He died in a battle on Mactan island in 1521.
- Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of WiltshireElizabeth Boleyn outlived two of her children by barely two years. Both were executed in one week of May 1536.
- TitianTitian painted his own face into a prayer against the plague. The plague reached Venice, and he died in 1576.
- Ralph Warren (Lord Mayor)Ralph Warren, a London mercer, served as Lord Mayor twice, in 1536 and 1543. Henry VIII knighted him in his first year.
- Estêvão GomesA garbled message once made Spain's court think Estêvão Gomes had found a route to Asia.
- Henry Norris (courtier)The charges against Henry Norris put Anne Boleyn in Westminster on dates when she was in Greenwich.
- William Paulet, 1st Marquess of WinchesterWilliam Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester, was once asked how he had come through so many storms at court not merely unhurt but climbing the whole time. His reply was five words long: "By being a willow, not an oak". The question was…
- Thomas CromwellHenry VIII beheaded Thomas Cromwell, then called him his most faithful servant.
- William Brereton (courtier)William Brereton was beheaded in 1536 beside Anne Boleyn's brother, yet had almost no known tie to her.
- Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of SuffolkCharles Brandon died on the 60th anniversary of the battle that killed his father.