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| Years: 1549 1550 1551 - 1552 - 1553 1554 1555 | |
| Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s | |
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Events
- January 15 - Henry II of France and Maurice of Saxony sign the Treaty of Chambord
- February 24 - Privileges of the Hanseatic League abolished in England
- March - Act of Uniformity imposes Protestant prayerbook in England
- April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun
- May - Maurice of Saxony captures Augsburg and almost seizes Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at Innsbruck
- August 2 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony and Philipp I of Hesse taken prisoner by 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 Turks
- Persian Gulf - Ottoman Empire Red Sea Fleet attacks the 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)
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)
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