LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sebastian Franck	Religion	c. 1499	c. 1542	German freethinker
Catherine Howard	Royalty	c. 1520	13-Feb-1542	Fifth wife of Henry VIII
James V	Royalty	10-Apr-1512	14-Dec-1542	King of Scotland, 1513-42
Bernard van Orley	Painter	1492	6-Jan-1542	Flemish Renaissance painter
Hernando de Soto	Explorer	1496	21-May-1542	Explored the Mississippi
Sir Thomas Wyat	Poet	1503	6-Oct-1542	Introduced sonnet to England

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