Births on October 17

Alonso de Orozco Mena

Born on October 17, 1500

Alonso de Orozco Mena, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (d. 1591)

Alonso de Orozco Mena (17 October 1500 – 19 September 1591) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest from the Augustinian order. He was well known across Spain for his preaching abilities and for an austere and humble life.

He was beatified in 1882 after the recognition of two healings attributed to him as miracles and was canonized in 2002 after a third received papal approval. His feast is on the date of his death - 19 September - on an annual basis.

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17 Feb

Battle of Hemmingstedt
Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
9 Mar

Treaty of Tordesillas
The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
29 Mar

Rodrigo Borgia
Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.

Births on October 17

Alonso de Orozco Mena

Born on October 17, 1500

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