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'''Years:''' 1549 1550 1551 - 1552 -
1553 1554 1555
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'''Decades:''' 1520s 1530s 1540s - '''
1550s''' -
1560s 1570s 1580s
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'''Centuries:''' 15th century - '''
16th century''' -
17th century
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Events
*
January 15 -
Henry II of France and
Maurice, Elector of Saxony Maurice of Saxony sign the
Treaty of Chambord
*
February 24 - Privileges of the
Hanseatic League abolished in
England
* March -
Act of Uniformity imposes
Protestant Book of Common Prayer prayerbook in
England
* April - War between
Henry II of France and
Emperor Charles V. Henry invades
Lorraine (province) Lorraine and captures
Toul,
Metz, and
Verdun-sur-Meuse Verdun
* May -
Maurice, Elector of Saxony Maurice of Saxony captures
Augsburg and almost seizes
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at
Innsbruck
*
August 2 -
John Frederick, Elector of Saxony and
Philipp I of Hesse taken prisoner by
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in
1546 are released
*
August 2 -
Peace of Passau revokes the
Augsburg Interim of 1548 and promises religious freedom to the
Protestant princes
* October - December - Unsuccessful Siege of Metz by Charles V
*
October 2 - '''
Khanate of Kazan''' falls to troops of
Ivan IV of Russia
* '''
Hungary''' - defence of
Eger from
Ottoman Empire Turks
* '''
Persian Gulf''' -
Ottoman Empire Red Sea Fleet attacks the
Portugal Portuguese stronghold of
Hormuz but fails to capture it
* '''
Spain''' -
Bartolomé de Las Casas publishes his attack on colonial practices in the
New World, ''
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies''
* '''
Italy''' -
Bartolomeo Eustachi makes important discoveries on the structure of the
ear and
heart
Births
*
February 1 -
Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur and jurist (died
1634)
*
February 8 -
Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d.
1630)
*
February 19 -
Melchior Klesl, Austrian statesman and cardinal (died
1630)
*
February 28 -
Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (died
1632)
*
April 15 -
Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (died
1626)
*
June 18 -
Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d.
1637)
*
July 18 -
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (died
1612)
*
August 24 -
Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d.
1614)
*
October 6 -
Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary to China (died
1610)
*
December 30 -
Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d.
1611)
*
Hans von Aachen, German mannerist painter (died
1615)
*
Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (died
1585)
*
Jean Bertaut, French poet (died
1611)
*
Henri I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (died
1588)
*
Philemon Holland, English translator (died
1637)
*
Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma, Spanish politician (died
1625)
*Tsar
Vasili IV of Russia (d.
1612)
*
Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese daimyo (died
1615)
*
Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (died
1636)
*
Jack Ward, English pirate (died
1622)
''See also
:Category: 1552 births.''
Deaths
*
January 10 -
Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (born
1479)
*
February 26 -
Heinrich Faber, German composer (born
1500)
*
April 18 -
John Leland, English historian (born
1502)
*
June 10 -
Alexander Barclay, British poet (born
1476)
*
August 15 -
Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b.
1477)
*
October 14 -
Oswald Myconius, Swiss protestant reformer (born
1488)
*
December 2 -
Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born
1506)
*
Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (born
1488)
*
Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (born
1498)
*
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English politician (born
1509)
*
Philippe Verdelot, French composer (born
1475)
*
Edward Edward Wotton, English zoologist (born
1492)
''See also
:Category: 1552 deaths.''
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