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1556 deaths
- Ignatius of LoyolaÍñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola entered the world inside a stone fortress in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa. His parents belonged to the minor nobility of the Basque region.
- Thomas CranmerThomas Cranmer entered the world on the 2nd of July 1489 at Aslockton in Nottinghamshire, England. He was a younger son of Thomas Cranmer and his wife Agnes…
- HumayunOn the 26th of December 1530, Humayun succeeded his father Babur to the throne of Delhi as ruler of the Mughal territories in the Indian subcontinent.
- 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.
- Eustace ChapuysEustace Chapuys arrived in the world between 1489 and 1492 within the Duchy of Savoy. His father Louis Chapuys worked as a notary and syndic while his mother…