Births on June 23

Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)

Born on June 23, 1616

Shah Shuja, Mughal prince (d. 1661)

Shah Shuja (23 June 1616 – 7 February 1661) was the second son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal. He was the governor of Bengal and Odisha and had his capital at Dhaka, in present day Bangladesh.

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Events on 1616

12 Jan

Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco
The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
5 Mar

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
25 Oct

Dirk Hartog
Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.

Births on June 23

Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)

Born on June 23, 1616

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Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium

Dirk Hartog