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1521 deaths
- Ferdinand MagellanIn 1495, a young man named Ferdinand Magellan entered the service of King John II of Portugal. He served as a page to Queen Eleanor, consort of that monarch.
- Duarte BarbosaDiogo Barbosa served Álvaro of Braganza in 1501 when the third Portuguese India Armada set sail under João da Nova. Young Duarte stayed behind in Kochi while…
- Manuel I of PortugalManuel I was born in Alcochete on the 31st of May 1469. He entered a world already fractured by blood and suspicion among Portuguese noble families.