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#OTD 1523 Pope Adrian VI died in Rome. After tutoring Charles who would become Holy Roman Emperor, he became a cardinal in 1517 by Pope Leo X. Adrian's short pontificate (Jan. 1522-Sep. 1523) was marked by the rise of Protestantism in Europe and the advancement of Ottoman armies
Portrait of Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (born #OnThisDay 1621 in Paris), important military figure of the latter stages of the Thirty Years' War, involved in the notable #French victories at Rocroi (1643 Low. R) and Lens (1648 Up. Right). #History #OTD
Portrait by Tobias Stimmer of Swiss physician & Calvinist theologian Thomas Erastus, born #Onthisday 1524. #History #OTD
#OTD 1499 First encounter of the Battle of Zonchio /Sapienza (part of the Second Ottoman-Venetian War 1499-1503) took place. The Venetian fleet was commanded by Antonio Grimani, the Ottoman one by Kemal Reis. #OnThisDay #History
#OTD 1568 Carlos, Prince of Asturias, eldest son and heir-apparent of King Philip II of Spain, died in solitary confinement in Madrid after being imprisoned by his father as a result of how mentally unstable he was. Verdi composed an opera based on his story. #History #OnThisDay
Arcimboldo who passed away #OnThisDay 1593 in Milan.
#history #art #Italian #OTD https://t.co/Gpg9D7a74I
A map of Cyprus made by Giovanni Francesco Camocio published in Venice (c. 1566).
#history #map #mediterranean