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1550
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| 1550 by topic |
| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art - Music - Science |
| Lists of leaders |
| Colonial governors - State leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
1550 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1550
MDL |
| Ab urbe condita |
2303 |
| Armenian calendar |
999
ԹՎ ՋՂԹ |
| Chinese calendar |
4246 – 4247
己酉 – 庚戌 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1542 – 1543 |
| Hebrew calendar |
5310 – 5311 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1605 – 1606 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1472 – 1473 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4651 – 4652 |
| Iranian calendar |
928 – 929 |
| Islamic calendar |
957 – 958 |
Events
- January 6 Spanish Captain Hernando de Santana founds the city of Valledupar in what is now colombian territory.
- February 8 - Pope Julius III succeeds Pope Paul III as the 219th 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.
Deaths
- 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 (died 1625)
- 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)
- Cornelis Corneliszoon, Dutch inventor of the sawmill (died ca. 1600)
See also Category: 1550 births.
Births
- 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 (born 1495)
- Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, Spanish conquistador (born c1490)
- Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah, second ruler of Golconda
- Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (born 1512)
See also Category: 1550 deaths.
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