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Anthony Cooke was the only son of John Cooke (died 10 October 1516), esquire, of Gidea Hall, Essex, and Alice Saunders (died 1510), daughter and coheiress of William Saunders of Banbury, Oxfordshire by Jane Spencer, daughter of John Spencer, esquire, of Hodnell, Warwickshire.
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth and de jure 6th Baron le Despencer, PC (1501 – 3 March 1551) was an English peer and courtier during the Tudor dynasty. The Wentworths were originally from Yorkshire but a branch of the family had settled in Nettlestead, Suffolk in the mid-fifteenth century, where Wentworth was born.
Gerolamo Cardano (Italian: [dʒeˈrɔːlamo karˈdaːno]; also Girolamo [1] or Geronimo; [2] French: Jérôme Cardan; Latin: Hieronymus Cardanus; 24 September 1501– 21 September 1576) was an Italian polymath whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, music theorist, writer, and ...
1501: Corte-Real brothers explore the coast of what is today the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador; 1502: Columbus sails along the mainland coast south of Yucatán, and reaches present-day Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; 1503: Las Tortugas noted by Columbus in passage through the Western Caribbean present-day Cayman Islands
1501 April – John Doget, diplomat (year of birth unknown) 20 September – Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born c. 1453) 1502 2 April – Arthur, Prince of Wales (born 1486) 6 May – James Tyrrell, knight, alleged murderer of the princes in the Tower (executed) (born c. 1450) 1503
This week, explore decoded words from charred ancient scrolls, meet heroic frog daddies, see Grand Canyon-size lunar features, and more.
Reading skills for eighth-graders hit their lowest level since testing began in 1992. Levels for fourth-graders were also near record lows as educators struggle to keep students engaged in a post ...
1550) September 14 – Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Duke of Zweibrücken from 1514 to 1532 (d. 1532) ... 1501. Blessed Columba of Rieti John I Albert.