Birth dates (and occasionally the year of death) may be approximate. See the page for the individual in question to determine whether dates are absolute.

1502: Anne Boleyn born

1506: Christopher Columbus dies

1509: John Calvin born

1509: Henry VII of England dies

1510: Sandro Botticelli dies

1512: Amerigo Vespucci dies

1513: Pope Julius II dies

1519: Leonardo da Vinci dies

1520: Raphael Sanzio dies

1521: Sebastian Brant dies

1527: Niccolo Machiavelli dies

1527: Philip II of Spain born

1527: Pope Clement VII dies

1528: Albrecht Dürer dies

1530: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey dies

1531: Ulrich (Huldrych) Zwingli dies

1533: Queen Elizabeth I of England born

1536: Catherine of Aragon dies

1536: Anne Boleyn dies

1541: Paracelsus dies

1543: Nicolau Copernicus dies

1546: Martin Luther dies

1547: Francis I of France dies

1547: Henry VIII dies

1564: John Calvin dies

1564: Michelangelo Buonarotti dies

1564: William Shakespeare born

1598: Philip II of Spain dies

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