1550

Events of 1550

July 21 - The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) is definitely approved by Pope Julius III.

The first grammatical description of the French language is published by Louis Maigret.
The first book in Slovenian, Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in Tübingen, Germany.
Nostradamus's first almanac is written.
Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is founded by Gustav Vasa.
Iceland becomes fully Protestant.
Altan Khan besieges Peking.
The discovery of silver at Zacatecas and Guanajuato in Mexico and Potosi in Bolivia stimulates silver rushes (approximate date)

Beethoven was 12.

January 31 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic general (died 1588)
April 12 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (died 1604)
May 25 - Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier and nurse (died 1614)
June - Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (died 1613)
June 27 - King Charles IX of France (died 1574)
July 3 - Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (died 1591)
September 10 - Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commander of the Spanish Armada (died 1615)
September 17 - Pope Paul V (died 1621)
November 6 - Karin Månsdotter, queen of Eric XIV of Sweden (died 1612)
December 6 - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (died 1605)
December 22 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (died 1631)
date unknown

March 8 - John of God, Spanish friar and saint (born 1495)
April 12 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (born 1496)
May 18 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (born 1498)
May 20 - Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (born 1511)
July 30 - Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (born 1505)
October 23 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (born 1480)
November 6 - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (born 1487)
date unknown