See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus is placed on the Index
of Forbidden Books by the Roman Catholic Church.
Births:
May 24 -
John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, (+ 1682).
Deaths:
April 23 (Gregorian Calendar)-
Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author.
April 23 (Julian Calendar)/ May 3 (Gregorian Calendar) -
William Shakespeare,
English playwright and poet.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun.
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