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Events Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Roman Catholic Church Births May 24 - John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, (+ 1682) Deaths April 23 (Gregorian Calendar)- Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author. April 23 (Julian Calendar)/ May 3 (Gregorian Calendar) - William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet. Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun