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1554 - Events

• January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• February - Thomas Wyatt surrenders to government forces in London.
• February 12 - After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Catherine Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband.
• March 17 - Princess Elizabeth imprisoned in The Tower.
• April 12 - Mary of Guise becomes Regent of Scotland.
• July 23 - 25 - Wedding of Queen Mary I of England and King Philip of Naples, only son of Emperor Charles V in Winchester, England.
• August 12 - Battle of Renty. French forces led by Francis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V.
• The French forces in Siena surrender to the Imperialists after a long siege.
• Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop of Turku.
• Jesuits found Sao Paulo in Brazil.

1554 - Births

• January 9 - Pope Gregory XV (died 1623)
• January 20 - King Sebastian of Portugal (died 1578)
• March 26 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (died 1611)
• May 20 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (died 1594)
• November 30 - Sir Philip Sidney, English courtier and poet (died 1586)
• December 19 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
• Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomatist (died 1612)
• Stephen Gosson, English satirist (died 1624)
• Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (died 1628)
• Richard Hooker, Anglican theologian (died 1600)
• James Lancaster, English navigator (died 1618)
• Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, and explorer (died 1618)
• Francis Throckmorton, English conspirator (died 1584)

See also Category: 1554 births.

1554 - Deaths

• January 1 - Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador
• January 16 - Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist
• February 12 - Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (executed) (b. 1536)
• February 12 - Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the throne of England (executed) (born 1537)
• February 21 - Hieronymus Bock, German botanist
• February 23 - Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politican (executed)
• March 3 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (born 1503)
• April 11 - Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (executed) (born 1521)
• August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
• September 22 - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador
• December 22 - Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter
• Leo Africanus, Sudanese writer (born 1485)
• Sebastiano Serlio, Italian architect (born 1475)
• John Taylor, Bishop of Lincoln (born 1503)

See also Category: 1554 deaths.

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