Page 2: 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   In the year 1553 birth of vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)   

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

Jun 05   Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) was born in the year 1553.   

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

Feb 04   Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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