- Francesco Ferruccio by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... also Francesco Ferrucci). Born Aug. 14, 1489, in Florence; died Aug. 3, 1530, in Gavinana. Florentine military commander and state figure.Ferruccio served as podesta in the Tuscan towns of Larciano (1519), Campi (1523), and Radda (1527). In 1528 he was sent by Florence as commander of a special detachment to help the French in their campaign against Naples...
- Philip of Hesse by Eduardo McDaniel
... born Nov. 13, 1504, Marburg, Hesse—died March 31, 1567, Kassel, Ger.) German nobleman, landgrave of Hesse, and champion of the Reformation. His skillful management made Hesse a sovereign state. Won to the cause of Martin Luther, Philip became a Reformation leader in Germany. In 1529 he founded the first Protestant university at Marburg (1529), and in 1531 ...
- Castiglione by Heaven Garza
Count Baldassare. 1478--1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano. (The Courtier) (1528 ...
- Skelton by Natalia Little
John.? 1460--1529, English poet celebrated for his short rhyming lines using the rhythms of colloquial speech
- Giambologna by Aubrey Collins
Original name Giovanni da Bologna. Or Jean de Boulogne. 1529--1608, Italian mannerist sculptor, born in Flanders: noted for his fountains and such works as Samson Slaying a Philistine. (1565 ...