Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1400

December 22
  • Birth of Luca della Robbia Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden). [1]

1403

January 11
  • Birth of Jan IV Duke of Brabant/Limburg. [1]
February 22
  • Birth of Charles VII king of France (1422-61), drove out English. [1]

1404

February 9
  • Birth of Constantine XI Dragases last Byzantine Emperor. [1]
February 18
  • Birth of Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura). [1]

1405

March 6
  • Birth of Johan II King of Castille. [1]

1406

January 13
  • Birth of Matteo Palmieri Italian writer (Della vita civile). [1]

1409

March 2
  • Birth of John II French duke of Alençon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc. [1]

1410

April 27
  • Birth of John Van Lannoy Flemish Governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia. [1]

1412

January 6
  • Birth of Joan of Arc Domremy, martyr. [1]

1415

September 21
  • Birth of Frederick III Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493). [1]

1416

March 27
  • Birth of Antonio Squarcialupi composer. [1]

1417

February 21
  • Birth of Louis IX Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt). [1]
February 23
  • Birth of Paul II [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71). [1]

1421

December 6
  • Birth of Henry VI king of England (1422-61, 1470-71). [1]

1422

August 13
  • Birth of William Caxton first English printer (Histories of Troy). [1]

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1423

July 3
  • Birth of Louis XI king of France (1461-83). [1]

1428

December 22
  • Birth of Richard Neville Warwick second earl of Salisbury. [1]

1431

January 1
  • Birth of Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia] Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503). [1]

1432

January 15
  • Birth of Afonso V "the African" king of Portugal (1438-1481). [1]
March 30
  • Birth of Mehmed II [Fâtih] Sultan of Turkey (1451-81). [1]
August 15
  • Birth of Luigi Pulci Italy, poet (Morgante). [1]

1435

October 20
  • Birth of Andrea Della Robbia Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca. [1]

1436

June 6
  • Birth of Regiomontanus (Johann Müller) in Königsberg; responsible for modern rediscovery of trigonometry from Greek manuscripts on Ptolemy. [1] [37]

1438

February 12
  • Birth of Adolf van Egmond duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen. [1]
April 3
  • Birth of John III van Egmont [Manke John], viceroy of Holland. [1]

1440

January 22
  • Birth of Ivan III the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania. [1]
February 13
  • Birth of Hartmann Schedel German physician/humanist/historian. [1]
February 22
  • Birth of Ladislaus V Posthumus King of Hungary/Bohemia. [1]

1441

February 9
  • Birth of Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani] Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub). [1]
March 24
  • Birth of Ernst I elector of Saxon (1464-86). [1]

1442

April 20
  • Birth of Edward IV King (England, 1461-83). [1]
April 28
  • Birth of Edward IV king of England (1461-70, 1471-83). [1]

1443

December 4
  • Birth of Pope Julius II (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael. [1]

1444

May 17
  • Birth of Sandro Botticelli Italian painter (Birth of Venus). [1]

1446

May 3
  • Birth of Margaretha English princess/duchess of Bourgondie. [1]

1449

January 1
  • Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici [The Magnificent] of Florence. [1]
January 11
  • Birth of Domenico Ghirlandajo Italy, renaissance painter. [1]
October 21
  • Birth of George, Duke of Clarence, in Dublin Castle. [1321.10]

1451

January 14
  • Birth of Franchinus Gaffurius composer. [1]
April 22
  • Birth of Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus. [1]
May 17
  • Birth of Engelbert II earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg. [1]

1452

March 10
  • Birth of Ferdinand II the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews). [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Leonardo da Vinci in Italy; painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary (dies 1519). [1] [5]
September 21
  • Birth of Girolamo Savonarola Florentine monk/preacher/reformer. [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Jakob Obrecht Brabant, composer. [1]

1454

March 9
  • Birth of Amerigo Vespucci; explorer. [1]

1455

February 22
  • Birth of Johannes Reuchlin in Pforzheim, Germany; scholar of ancient Greek and Latin. [37]
May 3
  • Birth of Joâo II the perfect, King of Portugal (1481-95)/took in Spanish Jews. [1]

1456

March 1
  • Birth of Wladyslaw Jagiello king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516). [1]

1457

January 28
  • Birth of Henry VII Pembroke Castle, first Tudor king of England (1485-1509). [1]

1459

February 1
  • Birth of Conradus Celtis in Wipfeld, Germany; poet. [37]
March 2
  • Birth of Adrian VI [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23). [1]
March 6
  • Birth of Jacob Fugger German banker/merchant. [1]
March 22
  • Birth of Maximilian I of Habsburg, in Wiener Neustadt; German Emperor/archduke of Austria. [1] [37]
October 6
  • Birth of Martin Behaim in Nürnberg, Germany; produced oldest known globe in existence in 1492. [37]
December 22
  • Birth of Djem Sultan son of Turks sultan Mehmed II. [1]

1460

April 8
  • Birth of Ponce de León San Tervas de Campos Spain, Spanish conqueror/explorer, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida. [1]

1461

February 6
  • Birth of Dzore Drzic Croatian poet. [1]

1462

February 14
  • Birth of Edzard I Cirksena the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528). [1]
June 27
  • Birth of Louis XII (the Just) king of France (1498-1515). [1]

1463

January 17
  • Birth of Friedrich III (the Wise), Elector of Saxony in Torgau, Germany; protector of Martin Luther, patron of Albrecht Dürer, and Luchas Cranach the Elder, founded the University of Wittenberg in 1502. [1] [37]
February 24
  • Birth of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola Italy, scholar/platonist. [1]

1464

April 23
  • Birth of Johanna van Valois, Queen of France. [1]

1465

February 4
  • Birth of French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen. [1]
February 11
  • Birth of Elizabeth of York London, Consort of King Henry VII. [1]

1466

March 21
  • Birth of French van Brederode leader Hoeksen. [1]
October 26
  • Birth of Desiderius Erasmus Holland, scholar/author (In Praise of Folly). [1]
November 30
  • Birth of Andrea Doria Genoese statesman/admiral. [1]

1467

January 1
  • Birth of Sigismund I the old, king of Poland. [1]
January 14
  • Birth of Henry van Stolberg and Wernigerode German Governor/Viceroy of Frisia. [1]

1468

February 29
  • Birth of Paul III last Renaissance pope (1534-49). [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Charles I Duke of Savoy. [1]

1469

April 15
  • Birth of Nanak first guru of Sikhs. [1]
May 3
  • Birth of Niccolo Machiavelli in Florence, Italy; philosopher and writer (The Prince). [1] [129]
May 19
  • Birth of Giovanni della Robbia Italian sculptor. [1]
May 31
  • Birth of Manuel I king of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration. [1]

1470

May 20
  • Birth of Pietro Bembo cardinal/theologian. [1]
June 30
  • Birth of Charles VIII king of France (1483-98), invaded Italy. [1]
November 2
  • Birth of King Edward V of England (1483); deposed, murdered? by Richard III. [1]

1471

May 21
  • Birth of Albrecht Dürer in Nürnberg (Germany); court painter to the Holy Roman Emperors, Maximilian I and Charles V: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Passion of Christ, Adam and Eve. [1] [37]

1472

March 28
  • Birth of Fra Bartolomeo monk, Florentine Renaissance painter. [1]
May 31
  • Birth of Erardus van der Mark prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal. [1]
October 4
  • The painter, Lucas Cranach, is born in Bamberg, Germany. [37]

1473

February 19
  • Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torún, Poland (dies 1543); astronomer (heliocentrism). [1] [5]
March 17
  • Birth of James IV king of Scotland (1488-1513). [1]

1474

February 12
  • Birth of Lorenzo Campeggi(o) archbishop of Bologna/diplomat. [1]
March 21
  • Birth of Angela Merici Italian monastery founder/saint. [1]
September 8
  • Birth of Ludovico Ariosto Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso). [1]

1475

March 6
  • Birth of Michelangelo Buonarroti; painter/sculptor/architect (David, Pièta) (dies 1564). [1] [5]
December 11
  • Birth of Leo X [Giovanni de' Medici] Italy, Pope (1513-21). [1]

1477

January 25
  • Birth of Anna de Bretagne wife of Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII. [1]
July 4
  • Birth of the historian, Aventinus (Johannes Turmair) in Abensberg, Germany; publishes a Latin grammar and a history of the Bavarian nobility. [37]

1478

February 7
  • Birth of Thomas More lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia). [1]
May 26
  • Birth of Clement VII [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34). [1]
July 22
  • Birth of Philip I (the Handsome) first Habsburg king of Spain (1506). [1]

1479

March 12
  • Birth of Giuliano de' Medici monarch of Florence. [1]
March 26
  • Birth of Vasili III great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III. [1]

1480

February 13
  • Birth of Hieronymus Aleander [Girólamo Aleandro], Italian diplomat/cardinal. [1]
April 18
  • Birth of Lucretia Borgia murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI). [1]

1481

March 2
  • Birth of Franz von Sickingen in Ebernburg; German defender of the Protestant cause. [1] [37]

1483

January 12
  • Birth of Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz Governor/Viceroy of Holland. [1]
February 14
  • Birth of Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah prince/founder Mogols-dynasty. [1]
February 15
  • Birth of Babur founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30. [1]
March 6
  • Birth of Francesco Guicciardini Italy, attorney/president of Romagna. [1]
March 18
  • Birth of Raphael painter (Sistine Madonna). [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Raphael Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens). [1]
April 6
  • Birth of Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio] Urbino Italy, painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina). [1]
November 10
  • Birth of Martin Luther in Eisleben, Germany; founded Protestantism. [1] [37]
December 3
  • Birth of Nicolaus von Amsdorf; German reformation theologist. [1] [37]

1484

January 1
  • Ulrich Zwingli is born in Wildhaus, Switzerland; influential church reformer in the development of Swiss Protestantism. [37] (1481 [1])
January 17
  • Birth of Georg Spalatin (pseudonym of Georg Burkhardt) in Spalt, Germany (died 1545); close friend and collaborator of Martin Luther. [37]
February 21
  • Birth of Joachim I Nestor elector (Brandenburg, Constitution). [1]
March 29
  • Birth of Johann Spangenberg composer. [1]
April 23
  • Birth of Julius Caesar Scaliger Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things). [1]
December 28
  • Birth of Joachim Vadianus [von Watt] Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen. [1]

1485

April 3
  • Birth of Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius] South Netherlands poet. [1]
December 16
  • Birth of Catherine of Aragon Spanish princess/first wife of Henry VIII. [1]

1486

January 6
  • Birth of Martin Agricola (pseudonym of Martin Sore) in Schwiebus; German music scholar and composer in Magdeburg. [1] [37]
July 14
  • Birth of Andrea del Sarto Italy, painter (Recollets). [1]
November 13
  • Birth of Johann Eck (birth name Johann Maier) in Egg, Germany; Catholic priest, Doctor of Theology, professor of theology. [37]

1487

February 8
  • Birth of Ulrich in Reichenweier, Germany; Herzog of Württemberg. [37]
February 14
  • Birth of Henry II of Bavaria bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising. [1]
July 17
  • Birth of Esma'il I shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah. [1]
September 10
  • Birth of Julius III Counter-Reformation pope (1550-55). [1]

1488

January 6
  • Birth of Helius Eobanus Hessus German poet (Silvae). [1]
April 21
  • Birth of Ulrich von Hutten near Fulda; German poet/humanist/patriot. [1] [37]

1489

July 2
  • Birth of Thomas Cranmer England, archbishop/reformer/martyr. [1]

1490

February 17
  • Birth of Charles de Bourbon officer/governor (Lombardy). [1]
May 17
  • Birth of Albert in Ansbach, Germany; last grand master of the Teutonic Knights, lord of East Prussia, founded the University of Königsberg in 1544. [1] [37]
June 28
  • Birth of Albrecht Margrave von Brandenburg; Cardinal, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Archbishop of Mainz. [1] [37]

1491

June 28
  • Birth of Henry VIII; King of England (1509-47). [1] [241.9]

1492

March 4
  • Birth of Francesco de Layolle composer. [1]
March 6
  • Birth of Jean Luis Vives Spanish theory/humanist/reformer. [1]
May 8
  • Birth of Andreas Alciatus [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer. [1]

1493

March 15
  • Birth of Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency marshal of France. [1]
December 17
  • Birth of Philippus A Paracelsus Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum). [1]

1494

February 20
  • Birth of Johan Friis chancellor (Denmark, helped establish Lutheranism). [1]
March 1
  • Birth of Il Bacchiacca [Franceso Ubertini] Italian painter. [1]
March 24
  • Birth of Georgius Agricola [Georg Bauer] in Clauchau, Germany; German humanist, physician, mineralogist "the father of mineralogy" (De Re Metallica). [1] [37]
April 20
  • Birth of John Agricola [Schneider] in Eisleben, Germany; German theologist/prime minister, proponent of the concept that Christian grace replaces the Ten Commandments. [1] [37]
May 25
  • Birth of Jacopo Pontormo II Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ). [1]
November 5
  • Birth of Hans Sachs in Nürnberg, Germany; star of Richard Wagner's operas Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, wrote over 4,000 songs as well as plays (Die Wittembergisch Nachtigall , Der farent Schüler im Paradeis (1550)). [37]

1495

March 6
  • Birth of Luigi Alamanni Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione). [1]
March 8
  • Birth of Juan de Dios Portugal/Spain, saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy). [1]
March 25
  • Birth of Leonhard Paminger composer. [1]
November 21
  • Birth of John Bale England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan). [1]

1497

February 15
  • Birth of Philipp Melanchthon (Philipp Schwartzerd) in Bretten, Germany; supporter of Martin Luther, appointed at the University of Wittenberg as its first professor of Greek (1518), published Loci communes (1521) on evangelical doctrine, leading Protestant delegate at the Diet of Augsburg (1530) and wrote the Augsburg Confession. [1] [37]
February 16
  • Birth of Philipp Melanchthon Germany, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie). [1]

1498

December 19
  • Birth of Andreas Osiander Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist. [1]

1499

March 31
  • Birth of Pius IV [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65). [1]

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