Explorer Ferdinand Magellan born as Fernão de Magalhães 20 September 1519 (x) sets sail in the first attempt to circumnavigate the earth in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. 27 April 1521 (-) is struck by a bamboo spear and later surrounded and finished off with other weapons during the Battle of Mactan in Lapu-Lapu, Philippines. |
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