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1 giorno fa · Commemoration. See also. Notes. References. External links. Nicolaus Copernicus [b] (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
- 24 May 1543 (aged 70), Frauenburg, Royal Prussia, Poland
2 giorni fa · Cristoforo Colombo (in genovese Cristoffa Combo; in latino Christophorus Columbus; in spagnolo Cristóbal Colón; in portoghese Cristóvão Colombo; Genova, tra il 26 agosto e il 31 ottobre 1451 [2] [3] – Valladolid, 20 maggio 1506) è stato un navigatore ed esploratore italiano della Repubblica di Genova, attivo in Portogallo e in Spagna ...
- 1492 –, 1499
- Genova, tra il 26 agosto e il 31 ottobre 1451
4 giorni fa · Pope Alexander VI [Note 2] (born Rodrigo de Borja [Note 3]; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) ( epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian ") [6] was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into the prominent Borgia family in Xàtiva in the Kingdom of Valencia under the Crown of ...
4 apr 2024 · Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (born c. 1496, London, Eng.—died June 12, 1567, Rochford, Essex) was a powerful minister to England’s King Henry VIII and lord chancellor during most of the reign of King Edward VI.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 apr 2024 · Regiomontanus (born June 6, 1436, Königsberg, archbishopric of Mainz [Germany]—died July 6, 1476, Rome, Papal States [Italy]) was the foremost mathematician and astronomer of 15th-century Europe, a sought-after astrologer, and one of the first printers. Königsberg means “King’s Mountain,” which is what the Latinized version of his ...
2 apr 2024 · In 1496 Philip was married to Joan the Mad, daughter of Ferdinand II the Catholic of Aragon and Isabella I the Catholic of Castile; Joan later inherited the crown of Castile. From January 1502 to March 1503 Philip and Joan lived in Spain and received homage as prospective heirs to the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile.
5 giorni fa · Back in Lyon in 1496, Charles VIII and Giuliano della Rovere were planning another war. Giuliano was traveling back and forth from Lyon to Avignon, raising troops. It was being reported in France by June 1496, moreover, that King Charles intended to have a papal election in France and to have Cardinal della Rovere elected pope.
