Curated category
15th-century births
- Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of SurreyElizabeth Tilney entered the world at Ashwellthorpe Hall before 1445. She was the only child of Sir Frederick Tilney and Elizabeth Cheney.
- Hayreddin BarbarossaKhizr was born sometime between 1466 and 1483 in Palaiokipos, Midilini, within the Ottoman Empire. This location is now known as Gera on the island of Lesbos.
- 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…
- François RabelaisThe estate of La Devinière in Seuilly, near Chinon, stands as the likely birthplace of François Rabelais. Most scholars accept 1483 as his year of birth…
- Sher Shah SuriIn 1472 or 1486, a boy named Farid al-Din Khan was born in the town of Sasaram. His family belonged to the Sur clan of Pashtun Afghans who had migrated from…
- Aristotele FioravantiRidolfo Fioravanti entered the world around 1415 in Bologna. His family belonged to a lineage of architects and hydraulic engineers who shaped the city's…
- Edmund DudleyEdmund Dudley was born around 1462 or perhaps in 1471. His father Sir John Dudley lived at Atherington in West Sussex. The boy grew up as the grandson of…
- 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…