Page 2: Historical Events In 1553

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

Dec 25   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   Mori terumoto: Japanese warrior   

Mar 29   Vitsentzos kornaros: Greek renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)   

Apr 30   Louise de lorraine-vaudémont: Queen of france    

May 14   Margaret of valois: Wife of henry iv    

Jun 05   Bernardino baldi: Italian mathematician    

Jun 15   Ernst: Archduke of austria/governor of the netherlands   

Jul 15   Archduke ernest of austria: Archduke ernest of austria (d. 1595)   

Nov 23   Prospero alpini: Italy, botanist/physician (de medocoma aegyptorum)   

Feb 04   Caspar othmayr: Composer,    

Feb 19   Erasmus reinhold: German mathematician,   

Feb 25   Hirate masahide: Japanese diplomat and tutor of oda nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)   

Apr 09   Francois rabelais: French author (gargantua/pantagruel),    

Jul 06   Edward vi tudor: King of england (1547-53),    

Jul 09   Maurice: Elector of saxony (b. 1521)   

Jul 11   Mauritius: Duke/monarch of saksen (1547-53),    

Aug 08   Girolamo fracastoro: Italian physician (b. 1478)