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Zurita y Castro, Jeronimo ( 1512- 1580), Spanish historian, was born at Zaragoza, and studied at Alcalá de Henares under the celebrated Hellenist , Hernan Nufiez . Through the influence of his father, Miguel de Zurita , physician to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, he entered the public service as magistrate at Barbastro , and in 1537 was appointed assistant-secretary of the Inquisition. In 1548 Zurita was nominated official chronicler of the kingdom of Aragon, and in 1566 Philip II of Spain attached him as secretary to the council of the Inquisition, delegating to him the conduct of all matters sufficiently important to require the king's signature. Zurita resigned these posts on the January 21st, 1571, obtained a sinecure at Saragossa, and dedicated himself wholly to the composition of his Anales de la corona de Aragon , the first part of which had appeared in 1562; he lived to see the last volume printed at Saragossa on the April 22April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). There are 253 days remaining. Events 1500 Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 1509 Henry VIII ascends to the throne ofnd, 1580, and died on the November 3November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. Events 1755 The colony of Massachusetts offers a bounty of 20 British pounds for the scalps of native american boys and girls under the age ofrd following. Zurita's style is somewhat crabbed and dry, but his authority is unquestionable; he displayed a new conception of an historian's duties, and, not content with the ample materials stored in the archives of Aragon, continued his researches in the libraries of RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman, NaplesAlternate uses: See Naples (disambiguation Naples ( Italian Napoli Neapolitan Napule from Greek Neapolis/) is the largest town in southern Italy, capital of the region of Campania. The city has a population of about 1 million, and together with its suburb and SicilySicily Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. 1 million inhabitants. Towns and Cities Sicily's principal cities include the regional capital Palermo, together with t; he founded the school of historical scholarship in Spain.- From an old 1911 encyclopedia
Zurita y Castro, Jeronimo
Zurita y Castro, Jeronimo
Zurita y Castro, JeronimoThe Spanish people or Spaniards are an ethnic group native to Spain, in southwestern Europe, who are primarily descended from the autochthonous pre- Indo-European Euskaldunak, Latin, Visigothic, Celtic and Moorish peoples. They are most commonly associate
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