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

Feb 02 In the year 1506 birth of rené de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583)  

Feb 11 In the year 1506 birth of juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau  

Apr 07 On this day in history birth of francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan  

Apr 13 Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 01 In the year 1506 birth of louis II, king of Hungary/Bohemia (1516-26)  

May 04 Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) died in the year 1506.  

May 20 Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 in the year 1506.  

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

Sep 13 Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter died on this day in history.  

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