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1542 births
- AkbarOn the 15th of October 1542, Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar drew his first breath inside the Rajput Fortress of Amarkot. His parents had fled westward after…
- Mary, Queen of ScotsOn the 8th of December 1542, a baby girl was born at Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian. Her father, King James V, died six days later on the 14th of December.
- John of the CrossJuan de Yepes y Álvarez entered the world on the 24th of June 1542 in Fontiveros, a small town near Ávila with only about 2,000 residents.