Today in History for Year 1550
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Months in Year 1550: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 11 of 11
Jan 10th - 1st sitting of "Vurige Chamber" in Paris
Feb 2nd - English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed
Feb 7th - Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III
Mar 24th - France & England sign Peace of Boulogne
Apr 2nd - Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
Apr 28th - Powers of Dutch inquisition extends
Apr 29th - Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority
Jul 7th - Chocolate introduced
Sep 5th - William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
Oct 5th - Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile.
Nov 14th - Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 15 of 15
Jan 31st - Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (d. 1588)
Apr 12th - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)
May 25th - Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint
Jun 27th - Charles IX, King of France (1560-74)
Jun 28th - John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator
Jul 31st - Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster
Aug 16th - Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar
Sep 10th - Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615)
Sep 17th - Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
Sep 30th - Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
Oct 4th - Charles IX, King of Sweden
Oct 15th - Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange
Nov 6th - Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden (d. 1612)
Dec 6th - Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer
Dec 22nd - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 14 of 14
Mar 8th - Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55
Apr 12th - Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
May 18th - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)
May 20th - Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)
Jun 13th - Johann Spangenberg, composer, dies at 66
Jun 13th - Veronica Gambara, Italian poet, dies at 64
Jul 30th - Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505)
Aug 28th - Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's asst sec of state, dies
Sep 8th - Hans [Johann] Vischer, German count of Johann Cicero, dies
Oct 23rd - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)
Nov 6th - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487)
Nov 7th - Jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn. (b. 1484)
Dec 6th - Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48
Dec 22nd - Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III
