Births on February 5

Juraj Drašković

Born on February 5, 1525

Juraj Drašković, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1587)

Juraj II Drašković (English: George II Drashkovich, Croatian: Juraj II. Drašković, Hungarian: Draskovics II. György; 5 February 1525 – 31 January 1587) was a Croatian nobleman, statesman and Catholic bishop and cardinal, very powerful and influential in the Croatian Kingdom. He was a member of the Drašković noble family and elected by Sabor – the Parliament of Croatia – as Ban (viceroy) of Croatia to oversee the country between 1567 and 1578.

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21 Jan

Anabaptist
The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
24 Feb

Battle of Pavia
A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
15 May

Battle of Frankenhausen
Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.

Births on February 5

Juraj Drašković

Born on February 5, 1525

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