Historical Events In 1553

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

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

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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 on this day in history.  

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

May 14   On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)  

Jun 05   In the year 1553 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   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 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   Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) died in the year 1553.  

Apr 09   On this day in history francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49  

Jul 06   Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15 in the year 1553.  

Jul 09   Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521) died in the year 1553.  

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

Aug 08   In the year 1553 death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)