Deaths on June 25

Michele Mercati

Died on June 25, 1593

Michele Mercati, Italian physician and archaeologist (b. 1541)

Michele Mercati (8 April 1541 – 25 June 1593) was a physician who was superintendent of the Vatican Botanical Garden under Popes Pius V, Gregory XIII, Sixtus V, and Clement VIII. He was one of the first scholars to recognise prehistoric stone tools as human-made rather than natural or mythologically created thunderstones.

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Events on 1593

27 Jan

Giordano Bruno
The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno.
12 Feb

Siege of Haengju
Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
27 Aug

Henry IV of France
Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France.

Deaths on June 25

Michele Mercati

Died on June 25, 1593

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