The last king to be crowned here was Ferdinand I in 1531.

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Born at Medina del Campo, he was the son of Ferdinand I of Aragon ( known as Ferdinand of Antequera ) and Eleanor of Alburquerque.

* his successor in Naples, King Ferdinand I of Naples, ( b. 1423 ; reigned 1458 – 1494 ).

* 1793 – Ferdinand I of Austria ( d. 1875 )

In Austria, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian nationalist insurgents ( The Black Hand ) is blamed for igniting World War I after a succession of minor conflicts, while belligerents on both sides in World War II used operatives specifically trained for assassination.

Maria was a daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

The marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1469 united the two royal lines.

Through its purported connections to the June 1914 assassination in Sarajevo of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, the Black Hand may have been one of the principal catalysts to the start of World War I, fueling the July Crisis of 1914 and giving Austria-Hungary a pretext to invade Serbia.

Just prior to World War I, under the orders of the Chief of Serbian Military Intelligence, Serbian Military Officers and remnants of the by then moribund Black Hand organized and facilitated the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria on occasion of his visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia.

The apple of discord: King George I of Greece and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria at Thessaloniki, December 1912.

On 29 ( 16 ) June 1913 General Savov, under direct orders of tsar Ferdinand I, issued attacking orders against both Greece and Serbia without consulting the Bulgarian government and without any official declaration of war.

Some notable collectors were Pope Boniface VIII, Emperor Maximilian of the Holy Roman Empire, Louis XIV of France, Ferdinand I, Henry IV of France and Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg, who started the Berlin Coin Cabinet ( German: Münzkabinett Berlin ).

On the other side, the Parliament on Cetin chose Ferdinand I of the House of Habsburg as new ruler of Croatia, under the condition that he provide protection to Croatia against the Ottoman Empire while respecting its political rights.

** Ferdinand I ( 1367 – 1383 )

** Ferdinand I ( 1815 – 1825 )

** Ferdinand I, 2nd Duke of Braganza.

She was the youngest surviving child of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.

In 1501, the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand I and Isabella, first granted permission to the colonists of the Caribbean to import African slaves, which began arriving to the island in 1503.

He went so far in 1608 as to sign a commercial treaty with Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany containing secret military clauses.

* 1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.

His son, Ferdinand I of Castile also took the title in 1039.

* 1538 – Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.

* Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor ( 1503 – 1564 )

* 1852 – Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician ( d. 1939 )

* 1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist ( d. 1884 )

* 1677 – Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal ( d. 1748 )

* 1917 – Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician ( b. 1849 )

* 1980 – Robert Hardy, English bass player ( Franz Ferdinand )

* 1840 – Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch missionary and bishop ( d. 1900 )

* María Teresa, ( 12 November 1882 – 23 September 1912 ), married to Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria on 12 January 1906

* Ferdinand ( 1329 – 1363 ), Marquis of Tortosa and Lord of Albarracín and Fraga.

* 1895 – German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.

* 1619 – Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

* 1937 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German automotive engineer and executive

* 1918 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1850 )

* 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe.

* 1759 – Ferdinand VI of Spain ( b. 1713 )

* 1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.

* 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer ( b. 1480 )

* 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.

At the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt on October 14, 1806 – when Napoleon invaded Prussia and defeated the massed Prussian-Saxon army commanded by Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick – he was captured, one of the 25, 000 prisoners captured that day as the Prussian army disintegrated.

** Ferdinand IV ( 1759 – 1806 )

** Ferdinand III ( 1759 – 1815 )