{--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 Juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau was born on this day in history.  

Apr 07 Francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan was born on this day in history.  

Apr 13 On this day in history birth of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)  

Jul 01 On this day in history birth of louis II, king of Hungary/Bohemia (1516-26)  

May 04 In the year 1506 death of husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)  

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

Aug 08 Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 25 In the year 1506 felipe I, the handsome, King of Castile (Spain) (1504-06), dies