Page 2: Historical Events In 1553

Dec 14   On this day in history henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France   

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   Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 09   In the year 1553 death of maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)   

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 in the year 1553.