Curated category
1510s births
- Pierre LescotPierre Lescot was born in Paris during the early 1500s. He did not emerge from a family of masons or builders with practical experience.
- Levina TeerlincLevina Teerlinc was born in Bruges, Flanders during the 1510s. She grew up as one of five daughters to Simon Bening and Catherine van der Goes.
- Catherine ParrCatherine Parr entered the world in 1512, likely during late July or August. Her father Sir Thomas Parr held the manor of Kendal in Westmorland, now part of…
- Francis WestonFrancis Weston was beheaded on Tower Hill on the 17th of May 1536, twenty-five years old and still protesting his innocence.
- Juan Bautista de ToledoJuan Bautista de Toledo died on the 19th of May 1567 in Madrid. He was buried in the choir of the primitive Convento de Santo Tomás, Iglesia de la Santa Cruz.
- Sebestyén Tinódi LantosSebestyén Tinódi Lantos was born in the village of Tinód around 1510. He attended various schools where he studied Latin and excelled at reading sheet music.
- Jean GoujonJean Goujon arrived in Paris around 1544 carrying the memory of Rouen, the north sea light of Normandy, and possibly the direct impression of Italian stone.
- François ClouetFrançois Clouet died on the 22nd of December 1572, just months after the massacre of St Bartholomew shook France to its foundations.
- John KnoxJohn Knox was born sometime between 1505 and 1515 in Haddington, a small county town in East Lothian, Scotland. He died on the 24th of November 1572.
- Philibert de l'OrmePhilibert de l'Orme arrived in the world between the 3rd and the 9th of June 1514 within the bustling city of Lyon. His father Jehan de L'Orme operated as a…