Deaths on November 27

Jacopo Sansovino

Died on November 27, 1570

Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)

Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (2 July 1486 – 27 November 1570) was an Italian sculptor and architect, best known for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. These are crucial works in the history of Venetian Renaissance architecture. Andrea Palladio, in the Preface to his Quattro Libri was of the opinion that Sansovino's Biblioteca Marciana was the best building erected since Antiquity. Giorgio Vasari uniquely printed his Vita of Sansovino separately.

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27 Apr

Regnans in Excelsis
Pope Pius V declares Queen Elizabeth I a heretic.
20 May

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
10 Sep

Ajacán Mission
Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.

Deaths on November 27

Jacopo Sansovino

Died on November 27, 1570

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