Plantagenet, 3 rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281 ), English nobleman. 1499 Switzerland became an independent state. 1521 Death of Selim I (b. 1465 ), Ottoman Sultan . 1554 Death of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (b. c . 1510 ), Spanish explorer. 1586 The battle of Zutphen was fought. 1598 English playwright