Urban VII (Giovanni Battista Castagna), pope for twelve days in September 1590, was of Genoese origin, and was born in Rome in 1521. He was chosen successor of Sixtus V on September 15 1590, but died (September 27) before consecration. He was succeeded by Gregory XIV
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... Balboa, (c. 1475-1519), (- Spanish, first to sight the Pacific Ocean, founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the Western Hemisphere
William Baffin, ...