Historical Events In 1553

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

Feb 19   On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41  

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

Apr 29   Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England in the year 1553.  

May 21   English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley in the year 1553.  

Jun 12   King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles" in the year 1553.  

Jun 15   On this day in history ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands  

Jun 26   Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter in the year 1553.  

Jul 06   In the year 1553 edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15  

Jul 09   On this day in history battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades  

Jul 10   Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England on this day in history.  

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

Jul 19   In the year 1553 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days  

Jul 20   PM John Dudley captured in Cambridge on this day in history.  

Aug 12   On this day in history pope Julius III orders confiscation & burning of Jewish Talmud  

Aug 12   In the year 1553 pope Julius III orders confiscation and burning of the Talmud  

Aug 13   Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic in the year 1553.  

Aug 17   Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 22   In the year 1553 john Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded  

Aug 23   On this day in history bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor  

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

Sep 08   City of Lichfield, England established in the year 1553.  

Sep 08   City of Lichfield, England forms on this day in history.  

Sep 13   In the year 1553 english Hugh Latimer arrested  

Oct 07   Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) in the year 1553.  

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

Oct 19   Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies on this day in history.  

Oct 21   Volumes of Talmud are burned on this day in history.  

Oct 21   In the year 1553 volumes of the Talmud are burned  

Oct 27   On this day in history condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.  

Oct 27   Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy in the year 1553.  

Nov 13   English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason on this day in history.  

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

Dec 13   On this day in history henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)  

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Jan 22   On this day in history birth of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)  

Mar 29   On this day in history birth of vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)  

Apr 30   Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601) was born in the year 1553.  

May 14   In the year 1553 birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)  

Jun 05   Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jul 15   In the year 1553 birth of archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)  

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

Feb 04   In the year 1553 caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37  

Feb 19   Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 in the year 1553.  

Feb 25   In the year 1553 death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)  

Apr 09   In the year 1553 francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49  

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 in the year 1553.  

Aug 08   Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) died on this day in history.