Famous Deaths In 1553

Feb 04 Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.

Feb 19 Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.

Feb 25 On this day in history death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)

Apr 09 Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49 on this day in history.

Jul 06 On this day in history edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15

Jul 09 On this day in history death of maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)

Jul 11 Mauritius, duke/monarch of Saksen (1547-53), dies of injuries at 32 on this day in history.

Aug 08 Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) died in the year 1553.

Aug 17 In the year 1553 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies

Aug 22 John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded died on this day in history.

Sep 04 Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake died in the year 1553.

Oct 07 In the year 1553 death of cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)

Oct 16 Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.

Oct 19 In the year 1553 bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies

Oct 27 On this day in history death of michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy

Oct 30 On this day in history death of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489)

Dec 14 Hanibal Lucić, Croatian writer (b. 1485) died in the year 1553.

Jan 22 In the year 1553 birth of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)

Mar 29 Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614) was born on this day in history.

Apr 30 On this day in history birth of louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)

May 14 Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born in the year 1553.

Jun 05 Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) was born in the year 1553.

Jun 15 In the year 1553 birth of ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands

Jul 15 Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.

Nov 23 Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born in the year 1553.