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What Happened in October 1561

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Historical Events

  • Oct 18 Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflict

Famous Birthdays

  • Oct 24 Anthony Babington, English page and conspirator to Mary, Queen of Scots convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I, born in Dethick, England (d. 1586)
Born in 1561

Famous Deaths

  • Oct 21 Johannes Vasaeus, Flemish humanist/historian, dies at about 49
  • Oct 27 Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510)

Famous People by Cause of Death

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