{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1506

Feb 02 René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583) was born in the year 1506.  

Feb 11 On this day in history birth of juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau  

Apr 07 Francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan was born in the year 1506.  

Apr 13 Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546) was born in the year 1506.  

Jul 01 Louis II, king of Hungary/Bohemia (1516-26) was born in the year 1506.  

May 04 Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) died on this day in history.  

May 20 Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on this day in history.  

Aug 08 Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 in the year 1506.  

Sep 13 In the year 1506 death of andrea Mantegna, Italian painter  

Sep 25 On this day in history felipe I, the handsome, King of Castile (Spain) (1504-06), dies