- 1554
Year 1554 was a
common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events of 1554
January - June
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January 5 - A great fire breaks out inEindhoven ,Netherlands .
*January 25 - São Paulo, Brazil is founded.
*February - Thomas Wyatt surrenders to government forces inLondon .
*February 12 - After claiming the throne ofEngland the previous year,Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband.
*March 17 - Princess Elizabeth is imprisoned in The Tower.
*April 12 -Mary of Guise becomesRegent ofScotland .
*May 21 - ARoyal Charter is granted toDerby School atDerby ,England .July - December
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July 23 - 25 - QueenMary I of England marries King Philip of Naples, the only son ofEmperor Charles V , inWinchester, England .
*August 2 -Battle of Marciano : Senese-French forces are defeated by the Florentine-Imperial army.
*August 12 -Battle of Renty : French forces led byFrancis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V.Undated
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Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop ofTurku .
*Saadi conquest theKingdom of Fez Births
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January 9 -Pope Gregory XV (d.1623 )
*January 20 - KingSebastian of Portugal (d.1578 )
*March -Richard Hooker , Anglican theologian (d.1600 )
*March 26 -Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne , French military leader (d.1611 )
*April -Stephen Gosson , English satirist (d.1624 )
*May 20 -Paolo Bellasio , Italian composer (d.1594 )
*October 3 -Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke , English poet (d.1628 )
*November 30 - Sir Philip Sidney, English courtier and poet (d.1586 )
*December 19 -Philip William, Prince of Orange (d.1618 )
*"date unknown"
**Jacques Bongars , French scholar and diplomat (d.1612 )
**James Lancaster , English navigator (d.1618 )
**Walter Raleigh , English writer, poet, and explorer (d.1618 )
**Francis Throckmorton , English conspirator (d.1584 )Deaths
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January 1 -Pedro de Valdivia , Spanish conquistador (b. c.1500 )
*January 16 -Christiern Pedersen , Danish humanist (b. c.1480 )
*February 12
**Lord Guilford Dudley, consort ofLady Jane Grey (executed) (b.1536 )
**Lady Jane Grey , claimant to the throne of England (executed) (b.1537 )
*February 21 -Hieronymus Bock , German botanist (b.1498 )
*February 23 -Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk , English politician (executed) (b. c.1515 )
*March 3 -John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (b.1503 )
*April 11 -Thomas Wyatt the Younger , English rebel (executed) (b.1521 )
*August 25 -Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk , English politician (b.1473 )
*September 22 -Francisco Vásquez de Coronado , Spanish conquistador (b. c.1510 )
*December 22 -Alessandro Bonvicino , Italian painter (b.1498 )
*"date unknown"
**Leo Africanus , Sudanese writer (b.1485 )
**Sebastiano Serlio , Italian architect (b.1475 )
**John Taylor, Bishop of Lincoln (b.1503 )
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