Dec 10 League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)
Famous Birthdays
Dec 9 Gemma Frisius [Jemme Reinerszoon], Frisian physician, mathematician and cartographer (created globe), born in Dokkum, Friesland (now Netherlands) (d. 1555)
Dec 24 Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist, born in Florence (d. 1567)