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1557 deaths
- António GalvãoAntónio Galvão entered the world around 1490 as the son of Duarte Galvão. His father served as chief diplomat and chronicler to King Afonso V of Portugal.
- Anne of ClevesAnne of Cleves entered the world on the 28th of June or the 22nd of September 1515 in Düsseldorf. Her father was John III, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, a man…
- Diogo de GouveiaDiogo de Gouveia was born in Beja around the year 1471. He entered Paris in 1499 to study at the Collège de Montaigu. Two scholarships from Jan Standonck…
- Bona SforzaBona Sforza was born on the 2nd of February 1494 in Vigevano, a city within the Duchy of Milan. Her father Gian Galeazzo Sforza held legal claim to rule the…
- Olaus MagnusOlof Månsson entered the world in Linköping during October 1490. He was born into a family that would soon shape his destiny within the Catholic church…