Deaths on January 8

Philibert de l'Orme

Died on January 8, 1570

Philibert de l'Orme, French sculptor and architect, designed the Château d'Anet (b. 1510)

Philibert de l'Orme (pronounced [filibɛːʁ də lɔʁm]) (3-9 June 1514 – 8 January 1570) was a French architect and writer, and one of the great masters of French Renaissance architecture. His surname is also written De l'Orme, de L'Orme, or Delorme.

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Philibert de l'Orme
Château d'Anet

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27 Apr

Regnans in Excelsis
Pope Pius V declares Queen Elizabeth I a heretic.
20 May

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
10 Sep

Ajacán Mission
Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.

Deaths on January 8

Philibert de l'Orme

Died on January 8, 1570

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