- ...that Italian painter Perugino had probably finished his altarpiece The Virgin appearing to St. Bernard (pictured) by the time Raphael became his apprentice?
- ...that a papabile was asked during the papal conclave of 1572 by a representative of King Philip II of Spain to withdraw his candidacy in order to maintain peace in Italy?
- ...that Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was buried in St. Francis Church in India?