1554
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceYear 1554 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1554
January - June
- January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
- January 25 - Founding of São Paulo, Brazil
- February - Thomas Wyatt surrenders to government forces in London.
- February 12 - After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband.
- March 17 - Princess Elizabeth imprisoned in The Tower.
- April 12 - Mary of Guise becomes Regent of Scotland.
- May 21 - Royal Charter of Derby School at Derby, England
July - December
- July 23 - 25 - Wedding of Queen Mary I of England and King Philip of Naples, only son of Emperor Charles V in Winchester, England.
- August 2 - Battle of Marciano. Senese-French forces are defeated by the Florentine-Imperial army.
- August 12 - Battle of Renty. French forces led by Francis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V.
Undated
- Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop of Turku
Births
- January 9 - Pope Gregory XV (died 1623)
- January 20 - King Sebastian of Portugal (died 1578)
- March - Richard Hooker, Anglican theologian (died 1600)
- March 26 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (died 1611)
- April - Stephen Gosson, English satirist (died 1624)
- May 20 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (died 1594)
- October 3 - Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (died 1628)
- November 30 - Sir Philip Sidney, English courtier and poet (died 1586)
- December 19 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
- date unknown
- Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (died 1612)
- James Lancaster, English navigator (died 1618)
- Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, and explorer (died 1618)
- Francis Throckmorton, English conspirator (died 1584)
- See also :Category: 1554 births.
Deaths
- January 1 - Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (born c1500)
- January 16 - Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (born c1480)
- February 12
- Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (executed) (b. 1536)
- Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the throne of England (executed) (born 1537)
- February 21 - Hieronymus Bock, German botanist (born 1498)
- February 23 - Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician (executed) (born c1515)
- March 3 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (born 1503)
- April 11 - Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (executed) (born 1521)
- August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
- September 22 - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador (born c1510)
- December 22 - Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter (born 1498)
- date unknown
- Leo Africanus, Sudanese writer (born 1485)
- Sebastiano Serlio, Italian architect (born 1475)
- John Taylor, Bishop of Lincoln (born 1503)
- See also :Category: 1554 deaths.
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