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Guaimar IV of Salerno
11th-century Lombard prince
William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
Earl of Salisbury
Leopold IV, Duke of Austria
Austrian Habsburg ruler
Juan de Zumárraga
Spanish Franciscan prelate in colonial Mexico
Wolf Huber
Austro-German painter, printmaker and architect
Sanada Yukimura
Japanese samurai warrior
Guaimar IV of Salerno — 11th-century Lombard prince, who died on June 3 1052.
William Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury — Earl of Salisbury, who died on June 3 1397.
Leopold IV, Duke of Austria — Austrian Habsburg ruler, who died on June 3 1411.
Juan de Zumárraga — Spanish Franciscan prelate in colonial Mexico, who died on June 3 1548.
Wolf Huber — Austro-German painter, printmaker and architect, who died on June 3 1553.
Sanada Yukimura — Japanese samurai warrior, who died on June 3 1615.
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- 1594
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- 1875
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- 1924
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- 1964
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- 1970
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- 1992
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