Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (d. 1621)
Guillaume du Vair (7 March 1556 – 3 August 1621) was a French author and lawyer.
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1556 Shaanxi earthquake
The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. - 21Mar
Thomas Cranmer
In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake. - 27Jun
Burned at the stake
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs. - 15Sep
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.