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1535 - Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim physician/theologian, dies.

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1536 - France and Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel.

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1546 - Martin Luther biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at age 62.

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1559 - Birth of Isaac Casaubon naturalized English classical scholar, theologian.

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1563 - Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Méré shoots General François De Guise.

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1564 - Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian sculptor/painter/architect/poet (David), dies at age 88.

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1574 - Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels.

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1609 - Birth of Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, English lord chancellor/Prime Minister (1660-67).

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1632 - Birth of Giovanni Battista Vitali composer.

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1634 - Ferdinand II orders execution of commander Albrecht von Wallenstein.

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