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1580 – War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.
The Battle of Alcântara took place on 25 August 1580, near the brook of Alcântara, in the vicinity of Lisbon, Portugal, and was a victory of the Habsburg King Philip II over the other pretender to the Portuguese throne, Dom António, Prior of Crato.
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1509 – Ippolito II d’Este, Italian cardinal and statesman (d. 1572)[25]
Ippolito (II) d’Este (25 August 1509 – 2 December 1572) was an Italian cardinal and statesman. He was a member of the House of Este, and nephew of the other Ippolito d’Este, also a cardinal. He is perhaps best known for his despoliation of the then 1,400-year-old Hadrian’s Villa, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, removing marbles and statues from it to decorate his own villa, the Villa d’Este.
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