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1616 deaths
- William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and baptised on the 26th of April 1564. His father John worked as an alderman and a…
- Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born around the 29th of September 1547 in Alcalá de Henares. His father Rodrigo worked as a barber-surgeon and frequently…
- Tomás Fernández de MedranoIn the year 1589, a document dated October 20 confirmed that Tomás Fernández de Medrano and his brothers were recognized as diviseros of Valdeosera.
- Tokugawa IeyasuOn the 26th day of the twelfth month in the eleventh year of Tenbun, which corresponds to the 31st of January 1543, a boy named Matsudaira Takechiyo was born…
- Kuzma MininKuzma Minin was a butcher in Nizhny Novgorod during the early 1600s. He lived in Balakhna before moving to become a prosperous merchant.
- Inca Garcilaso de la VegaGómez Suárez de Figueroa arrived in the world on the 12th of April 1539 within the city of Cuzco. His mother was Palla Chimpu Ocllo, a princess descended…