Famous Deaths In 1553

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

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

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

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

Jul 06 In the year 1553 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 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 in the year 1553.

Sep 04 On this day in history death of cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake

Oct 07 Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500) died on this day in history.

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

Oct 19 On this day in history bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies

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

Oct 30 In the year 1553 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 In the year 1553 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 Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.

Jun 05 On this day in history birth of bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)

Jun 15 On this day in history 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 In the year 1553 birth of prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)