Curated category
1500s births
- Anne BoleynAnne Boleyn's exact birth year remains a subject of historical argument, with scholars proposing either 1501 or 1507 as the correct date.
- Pierre BontempsPierre Bontemps emerged from the early sixteenth century as a French sculptor known for his funeral monuments. He lived between approximately 1505 and 1568…
- Fernão Lopes de CastanhedaFernão Lopes de Castanheda was born around the year 1500 in Santarém. He entered the world as a natural son of a royal officer who served as judge in Goa.
- Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (1502–1565)Elizabeth Browne entered the world in 1502 as the daughter of Sir Anthony Browne and his wife Lucy. Her father served Henry VIII with trusted loyalty while…
- Jane SeymourJane Seymour entered the world at Wulfhall in Wiltshire, though some historians suggest West Bower Manor in Somerset as her birthplace.
- George Boleyn, Viscount RochfordGeorge Boleyn entered the world around 1504, born into the powerful Boleyn and Howard families. His father Thomas held titles that would eventually make him…
- Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of SomersetEdward Seymour was born around the year 1500. He entered the household of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, in 1514 at about fourteen years old.
- Nicholas Bourbon (the elder)Nicholas Bourbon was born in Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, France, during the year 1503. This small town in the Champagne region was famous for its cannonball forges…
- Garcia de OrtaGarcia de Orta was born in Castelo de Vide, probably in 1501. His parents were Spanish Jews from Valencia de Alcántara who had taken refuge in Portugal after…
- Thomas TallisNo record exists of Thomas Tallis's birth, family, or childhood. Historians estimate he was born between 1500 and 1520, near the end of Henry VII's reign.
- William Carey (courtier)William Carey entered the world around 1495 as the second son of Sir Thomas Carey and Margaret Spencer. His mother was the daughter of Sir Robert Spencer and…
- Bálint BakfarkBálint Bakfark arrived in the world around 1507 within the walls of Brassó, Transylvania. This city now bears the name Brașov and sits inside modern Romania.
- Henry Percy, 6th Earl of NorthumberlandHenry Percy entered the household of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey as a young page, learning the ways of aristocratic society in the early 1500s.
- Fernão Mendes PintoFernão Mendes Pinto was born in about 1509 within the quiet town of Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal. He emerged from a family that struggled financially or…
- Garcilaso de la Vega (poet)Garcilaso de la Vega entered the world in Toledo between 1498 and 1503. His father Garcilaso de la Vega served as a nobleman and ambassador to the royal…