Historical Events
Magellan Expedition Returns
Sep 6 Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish expedition aboard the Vitoria returns to Spain without their captain. First to circumnavigate the earth.
- Sep 6 Spanish navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano returns to Seville after a 3 year voyage, completing 1st circumnavigation of the globe (expedition began under Ferdinand Magellan)
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 11 Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist and naturalist, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1605)
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