Historical Events In 1554
Monday, 23 February 2026
Jan 05 Great fire in Eindhoven Neth. 


Jan 05 Great fire in Eindhoven Netherlands. 


Jan 09 Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23) 


Jan 25 Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary 


Feb 09 Battle at London Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated 


Feb 09 Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated 


Feb 12 Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17. 


Feb 21 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies 


Feb 23 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed 


Mar 03 Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50 


Mar 27 Everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer 


May 20 Paulo Bellasio, composer. 


Jun 19 Sixt[us] Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Judith), dies at 53 


Jul 24 Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem. 


Aug 25 Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies 


Sep 22 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer. 


Nov 30 England reconciles with Pope Julius III. 


Nov 30 Philip Sidney, England, poet/statesman/soldier (Arcadia) 


Dec 17 Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Liege/archbishop of Cologne. 


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