Bartholomeus V. Welser
Prince Bartholomeus Welser was a German banker. In 1528 he signed an agreement with Charles V, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, granting a concession in Venezuela Province, which became Klein-Venedig until the concession was revoked in 1546.
25 June 1484
Born on the same birth day (25 June): Baba Gana Kingibe • Craig Young • Harold Roe Bartle • Jamshid Amouzegar • Kevin Kelley (American football) • Marcello Toninelli • Nobel Prize in Chemistry • Richard Hughes (footballer) • ShirÅ Ishii • William J. Castagna • Zinaida Aksentyeva