1554
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This article is about the year 1554.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s – 1550s – 1560s 1570s 1580s |
| Years: | 1551 1552 1553 – 1554 – 1555 1556 1557 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1554 MDLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2307 |
| Armenian calendar | 1003 ԹՎ ՌԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6304 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -290–-289 |
| Bengali calendar | 961 |
| Berber calendar | 2504 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Mar. 1 – 1 Ph. & M. |
| Buddhist calendar | 2098 |
| Burmese calendar | 916 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7062–7063 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年十一月廿八日 (4190/4250-11-28) — to —
甲寅年十二月初八日(4191/4251-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 1270–1271 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1546–1547 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5314–5315 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1610–1611 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1476–1477 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4655–4656 |
| Holocene calendar | 11554 |
| Iranian calendar | 932–933 |
| Islamic calendar | 961–962 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 23 (天文23年) |
| Korean calendar | 3887 |
| Minguo calendar | 358 before ROC 民前358年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2097 |
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Year 1554 (MDLIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] January–June
- January 5 – A great fire breaks out in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
- January 25 – São Paulo, Brazil, is founded.
- February 9 – Thomas Wyatt surrenders to government forces in London.[1]
- February 12 – After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband.
- March 17 – Princess Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower of London.
- April 12 – Mary of Guise becomes Regent of Scotland.
[edit] July–December
- July 23–July 25 – Queen Mary I of England marries King Philip of Naples, the only son of Emperor Charles V, in Winchester, England.
- August 2 – Battle of Marciano: Senese–French forces are defeated by the Florentine–Imperial army.
- August 12 – Battle of Renty: French forces led by Francis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V.
[edit] Date unknown
- Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop of Turku.
- Saadi conquer the Kingdom of Fez.
- English captain John Lok voyages to Guinea.[2][3]
[edit] Births
- January 9 – Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
- January 20 – King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
- March – Richard Hooker, Anglican theologian (d. 1600)
- March 26 – Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
- April – Stephen Gosson, English satirist (d. 1624)
- May 20 – Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594)
- July 5 – Elisabeth of Austria, Queen consort of France (d. 1592)
- October 3 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (d. 1628)
- November 30 – Sir Philip Sidney, English courtier and poet (d. 1586)
- December 19 – Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
- date unknown
- Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (d. 1612)
- James Lancaster, English navigator (d. 1618)
- Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, and explorer (d. 1618)
- Francis Throckmorton, English conspirator (d. 1584)
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 – Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (b. c. 1500)
- January 16 – Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. c. 1480)
- February 12
- Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (executed) (b. 1536)
- Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the throne of England (executed) (b. 1537)
- February 21 – Hieronymus Bock, German botanist (b. 1498)
- February 23 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician (executed) (b. c.1515)
- March 3 – John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (b. 1503)
- April 11 – Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel (executed) (b. 1521)
- August 25 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
- September 22 – Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador (b. c. 1510)
- December 22 – Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter (b. 1498)
- December – John Taylor, Bishop of Lincoln (b. 1503)
- date unknown
- Leo Africanus, Sudanese writer (b. 1485)
- Sebastiano Serlio, Italian architect (b. 1475)
- Sir Hugh Willoughby, English Arctic explorer
[edit] References
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 150–153. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 245. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
- ^ Kerr, Robert (1824). A general history and collection of voyages and travels. 7. Edinburgh: Blackwood. p. 229. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T-BCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229&dq=Lok+Guinea+1554&source=bl&ots=c1zgzEyxJX&sig=Qj7sAVVkM6_viEjZ1kodSbvWZaE&hl=en&ei=cWDSTqLUGY2HhQfrx9mtDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Lok%20Guinea%201554&f=false. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
