Garcilaso de la Vega15031536Spanish soldier, poet, and diplomat who revolutionized Spanish literature by introducing Italian Renaissance verse forms and themes
Christian III of Denmark15031559King of Denmark and Norway who established Lutheranism as the state religion during the Protestant Reformation
Nostradamus15031566French seer, astrologer, physician, and writer best known for his influential book Les Prophéties, a collection of alleged future predictions in poetic quatrains