Antonio Pigafetta [SEP] date of death
Antonio Pigafetta
Antonio Pigafetta (; c. 1491 – c. 1531) was an Italian scholar and explorer from the Republic of Venice. He joined the expedition to the Spice Islands led by explorer Ferdinand Magellan under the flag of King Charles I of Spain and, after Magellan's death in the Philippines, the subsequent voyage around the world. During the expedition, he served as Magellan's assistant and kept an accurate journal which later assisted him in translating the Cebuano language. It is the first recorded document concerning the language.
Pigafetta
December 31 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
- "date unknown"
- Lapu-Lapu, Filipino king (d. 1542)
- Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1546)
- Isabella Losa, Spanish scholar (d. 1564)
- "probable"
- George Blaurock, Swiss founder of Anabaptism (d. 1529)
- Antonio Pigafetta, Italian explorer (d. 1534)
Deaths.
- January 19 – Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg (b.