Ariosto (1474-1533), poet (Orlando Furioso).
Francesco Berni (1496-1536), comic poet.
Cardinal Bembi (1470-1547), celebrated scholar.
Count Baldasarre Castiglione (1478-1529), writer and patron of literature.
Christopher Columbus (1436 or 1446-1506), discoverer.
IN PORTUGAL.
Vasco da Gama (died 1525), discoverer.
IN ENGLAND.
Richard III. (1483-1485), Henry VII. (1485-1509), Henry VIII. (1509-1547), kings.
Sebastian Cabot (1477-15?), discoverer.