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16th-century deaths

  • Pedro de EscobarPedro de Escobar arrived in the court of Queen Isabella I of Castile in 1489. Records from that decade show he was a singer and composer within her chapel.
  • Jean GoujonJean Goujon emerged from the misty coastlines of Normandy, though no birth certificate confirms his arrival. His earliest documented work appeared at the…
  • Tomé PiresTomé Pires was born around 1468 in the Portuguese town of Leiria. His father served as apothecary to King João II of Portugal.