1550

Years: 1547 1548 1549 - 1550 - 1551 1552 1553

Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

* January 6 Spanish Captain Hernando de Santana founds the city of Valledupar in what is now colombian territory.
* February 7 - Julius III becomes Pope.
* The first book in Slovenian, Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in Tübingen, Germany.
* Nostradamus' first almanac is written.
* Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is founded by Gustav Vasa.

Births

* January 31 - Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic general (died 1588)
* April 12 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (died 1604)
* June 27 - King Charles IX of France (died 1574)
* September 10 - Alonso de Guzman El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commander of the Spanish Armada (died 1615)
* September 17 - Pope Paul V (died 1621)
* October 4 - King Charles IX of Sweden (died 1611)
* December 6 - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (died 1605)
* Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi, author
* Robert Balfour, Scottish philosopher (died 1625)
* Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and Separatist (died 1593)
* Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier and nurse (died 1614)
* Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer (died 1602)
* John Davis, English explorer (died 1605)
* Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (died 1597)
* Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (died 1591)
* Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (died 1616)
* Karin Månsdotter, queen of Eric XIV of Sweden (died 1612)
* Andreas Libavius, German doctor and chemist (died 1616)
* John Napier, Scottish mathematician (died 1617)
* Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (died 1613)
* Ralph Sherwin, English Roman Catholic martyr and saint (died 1581)

See also :Category: 1550 births.

Deaths

*April 12 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (born 1496)
*May 18 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (born 1498)
*May 20 - Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (born 1511)
*July 30 - Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (born 1505)
*October 23 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (born 1480)
*November 6 - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (born 1487)
*John of God, Spanish friar and saint
*Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, Spanish conquistador
*Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah, second ruler of Golconda
*Tabinshwehti, King of Burma

See also :Category: 1550 deaths.

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