Birth year 1556 celebrities

Birth year 1556

Victoria of Valois Facts

Victoria of Valois (24 June 1556 – August 1556) and her twin sister, Joan of Valois), were the last children born to King Henry II of France and his wife, Catherine de’ Medici.

Margaret Clitherow Facts

Saint Margaret Clitherow (1556 – 25 March 1586) is an English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. She is sometimes called “the Pearl of York”.

Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn Facts

Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (c. 1560 – 1623), or simply Jan Joosten, was a native of Delft and one of the first Dutchmen in Japan, arriving as one of William Adams’s shipmates (the second mate) on the De Liefde, which was disabled on the coast of K

Joan of Valois Facts

Joan of Valois was, together with her twin sister Victoria of Valois, the last children born to King Henry II of France and his wife, Catherine de’ Medici.

Anne Cecil Facts

Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford (5 December 1556 – 5 June 1588) was the daughter of statesman William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the translator Mildred Cooke. In 1571, after her father had been

Gonsalo Garcia Facts

Saint Gonsalo Garcia (1556 – 5 February 1597) was a Roman Catholic saint from India. Born in the western coa