Births on February 19

Carolus Clusius

Born on February 19, 1526

Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist and academic (d. 1609)

Charles de l'Écluse, L'Escluse, or Carolus Clusius (Arras, 19 February 1526 – Leiden, 4 April 1609), seigneur de Watènes, was an Artois doctor and pioneering botanist, perhaps the most influential of all 16th-century scientific horticulturists.

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21 Apr

First Battle of Panipat
The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat.