Births on March 15

Daniel Featley

Born on March 15, 1582

Daniel Featley, English theologian and controversialist (d. 1645)

Daniel Featley, also called Fairclough and sometimes called Richard Fairclough/Featley (15 March 1582 – 17 April 1645), was an English theologian and controversialist. A leading Calvinist disputant of the 1620s, he fell into difficulties with Parliament due to his loyalty to Charles I in the 1640s, and he was harshly treated and imprisoned at the end of his life.

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24 Feb

Gregorian calendar
With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
16 Apr

Hernando de Lerma
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
21 Jun

Honnō-ji Incident
Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, was forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
28 Nov

William Shakespeare
In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.

Births on March 15

Daniel Featley

Born on March 15, 1582

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