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1556 births
- Carlo MadernoCarlo Maderno was born in 1556 within the Swiss bailiwick of Capolago. He began his working life cutting stone in the marble quarries of northern Italy…
- Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)Anne Hathaway grew up in Shottery, a village just to the west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Her father Richard Hathaway was a yeoman farmer who died in September…