Historical Events In 1553

Dec 14   Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France in the year 1553.   

Dec 25   On this day in history battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeats the Spanish conquistadors and exetutes the governor of Chile Pedro de Valdivia.   

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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 in the year 1553.   

Apr 30   In the year 1553 birth of louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)   

May 14   Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)   

Nov 23   Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 04   Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 in the year 1553.   

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

Feb 25   Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) died in the year 1553.   

Apr 09   Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49 in the year 1553.   

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

Jul 09   In the year 1553 death of maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)   

Jul 11   Mauritius, duke/monarch of Saksen (1547-53), dies of injuries at 32 in the year 1553.   

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