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1455, Jan 29 1475-1522 1522, Jun 30
a German-born Catholic humanist and a scholar of Greek and Hebrew, whose work also took him to modern-day Austria, Switzerland, and Italy and France. Most of Reuchlin's career centered on advancing German knowledge of Greek and Hebrew. At Basel Reuchlin took his master's degree (1477), and began to lecture with success, teaching a more classical Latin than was then common in German schools, and explaining Aristotle in Greek. His studies in this language had been continued at Basel under Andronicus Contoblacas, and here he formed the acquaintance of the bookseller, Johann Amerbach, for whom he prepared a Latin lexicon (Vocabularius Breviloquus, 1st ed, 1475–76), which ran through many editions.
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Johann Reuchlin 1455, Jan 29 1475
1522 1522, Jun 30
Ludovico di Varthema 1470 ca 1502 1507 1517 an Italian traveller, diarist and aristocrat known for being the first non-Muslim European to ent... Abraham Zacuto 1452, Aug 12 1480 1509 1515 ca a Sephardi Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian who served as Royal ... Rhys Nanmor unknown 1480 1513 unknown a Welsh language poet who lived in Nanmor, near Beddgelert in North Wales. Among his surviving wo... Ignatius Jacob [1] unknown 1512 1517 1517 the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1512 until his death in 15... Robert Copland unknown 1510 1519 unknown an English printer and author, is said to have been a servant of William Caxton, and certainly wo... Gavin Douglas 1474 ca 1496 1521 1522, Sep a Scottish bishop, makar and translator. Although he had an important political career, it is for... Duarte Barbosa 1480 ca 1500 1521 1521, May 1 a Portuguese writer and Portuguese India officer between 1500 and 1516–1517, with the post of s... Lewys Mon unknown 1485 1527 unknown a Welsh-language poet, one of the Beirdd yr Uchelwyr (Poets of the Nobility), from the cwmwd (com... Sion Ceri unknown 1500 1530s 9 unknown a Welsh language poet. Very little information is available concerning the details of his life. I... Sion ap Hywel unknown 1490 1532 unknown a Welsh language poet. There is very little information available about the details of his life. ... John Bourchier 1467 1520 1533 1533, Mar 19 an English soldier, statesman and translator. He was educated at Oxford University. Bourchier hel... Sir Thomas More 1478, Feb 7 1502 1535 1535, Jul 6 an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was a... Lewys Daron unknown 1495 1539 unknown a Welsh-language professional poet from the Ll?n area of Gwynedd, Wales. Although not considered... Francisco Alvares 1465 1515 1539 1536~1541 a Portuguese missionary and explorer. In 1515 he traveled to Ethiopia as part of the Portuguese e... Nicolaus Copernicus 1473, Feb 19 1503 1543 1543, May 24 a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the... John Palsgrave 1485 ca 1513 1545 1554 a priest of Henry VIII of England's court. He is known as a tutor in the royal household, and as ... King Henry VIII 1491, Jun 28 1509 1547 1547, Jan 28 King of England from 1509 until his death and Supreme Head of the Church of England from 1536 to... Edward Hall 1497 1518 1547 1547 an English lawyer, Member of Parliament, and historian, best known for his The Union of the Tw... Bernard Etxepare 1475 ca 1512 1549 unknown a Basque writer of the 16th century, most famous for a collection of poems titled Linguæ Vasconu... Francisco Xerez 1495 1514 1549 1565 ca a Spanish explorer-turned-historian, the personal secretary of conquistador Francisco Pizarro. He... Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca 1490 ca 1520 1549 1557 ca a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. D... Eoghan Carrach O Siadhail unknown 1500 1550 unknown an Gaelic-Irish poet. Eoghan Carrach was a member of the Ó Siadhail family of Tír Chonaill (now... Ignatius of Loyola 1491, Oct 23 1508 1555 1556, Jul 31 a Spanish priest and theologian, who founded the religious order called the Society of Jesus (Jes... Philip Melanchthon 1497, Feb 16 1514 1560 1560, Apr 19 a German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protes... Michelangelo 1475, Mar 6 1490 1564 1564, Feb 18 an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted a... Lewys Morgannwg unknown 1520 1565 unknown a Welsh language poet from Morgannwg, south Wales. He lived at St. Bride's Major Lewys was one of... Suleiman I 1494, Nov 6 1520 1566 1566, Sep 7 the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate, ... Michel de Nostradamus 1503, Dec 14 1521 1566 1566, Jul 2 a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since beco... Benvenuto Cellini 1500, Nov 3 1519 1569 1571, Feb 13 an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier, musician, and artist who also wrote a famous ... Aonghus Fionn O Dalaigh unknown 1520 1570 unknown an Irish poet. Thought to have been born in County Meath, Aonghus Fionn was the head of the branc... Morus Dwyfech unknown 1520 1590 unknown a Welsh-language poet. There is very little information available concerning the details of his l...
