Births on June 29

Pedro Pacheco de Villena

Born on June 29, 1488

Pedro Pacheco de Villena, Catholic cardinal (d. 1560)

Pedro Pacheco de Villena (29 June 1488 – 5 March 1560), also known as Pedro Pacheco Ladrón de Guevara, was a Spanish cardinal and viceroy of Naples. In Italian his name is spelled Pietro Pacecco. His nephew Francisco Pacheco de Toledo was also a cardinal.

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Events on 1488

3 Feb

Cape of Good Hope
Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.