1548
Events Mary I of Scotland sent to France Births Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and heretic, (burned at the stake) 1600 Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter Carel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet (d. 1606) Francesco Soriano, Italian composer of the Roman School Simon Stevin, Dutch mathematician and engineer Tomás Luis de Victoria, renowned Spanish composer
Deaths March 23 - Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda ShingenSeptember 7 - Catherine Parr, queen of King Henry VIII of EnglandSigismund I of Poland (b. 1467)
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