1550
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s
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| Years: | 1547 1548 1549 - 1550 - 1551 1552 1553 |
| 1550 in topic: |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1550 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1550
[edit] January - June
- July 21 - The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) is definitely approved by Pope Julius III.
[edit] Undated
- The first grammatical description of the French language is published by Louis Maigret.
- The first book in Slovenian, Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in Tübingen, Germany.
- Nostradamus's first almanac is written.
- Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is founded by Gustav Vasa.
- Iceland becomes fully Protestant.
- Altan Khan besieges Peking.
- The discovery of silver at Zacatecas and Guanajuato in Mexico and Potosi in Bolivia stimulates silver rushes (approximate date).
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1550 MDL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2303 |
| Armenian calendar | 999 ԹՎ ՋՂԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -294 – -293 |
| Berber calendar | 2500 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2094 |
| Burmese calendar | 912 |
| Chinese calendar | 4186/4246-12-14 (己酉年十二月十四日) — to — 4187/4247-11-24(庚戌年十一月廿四日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1266 – 1267 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1542 – 1543 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5310 – 5311 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1605 – 1606 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1472 – 1473 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4651 – 4652 |
| Holocene calendar | 11550 |
| Iranian calendar | 928 – 929 |
| Islamic calendar | 956 – 957 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 19 (天文19年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2210 (皇紀2210年) |
| Julian calendar | 1595 |
| Korean calendar | 3883 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2093 |
- 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)
- May 25 - Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier and nurse (died 1614)
- June - Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (died 1613)
- June 27 - King Charles IX of France (died 1574)
- July 3 - Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (died 1591)
- September 10 - Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commander of the Spanish Armada (died 1615)
- September 17 - Pope Paul V (died 1621)
- November 6 - Karin Månsdotter, queen of Eric XIV of Sweden (died 1612)
- December 6 - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (died 1605)
- December 22 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (died 1631)
- date unknown
- Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi, author (died 1625)
- Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (died 1597)
- John Napier, Scottish mathematician (died 1617)
- Ralph Sherwin, English Roman Catholic martyr and saint (died 1581)
- Anselmus de Boodt, Belgian mineralogist and physician (d. 1632)
- probable
- Robert Balfour, Scottish philosopher (died 1625)
- Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and Separatist (died 1593)
- Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer (died 1602)
- Cornelis Corneliszoon, Dutch inventor of the sawmill (died ca. 1600)
- Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (died 1616)
- See also Category: 1550 births.
[edit] Deaths
- March 8 - John of God, Spanish friar and saint (born 1495)
- 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)
- date unknown
- Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah, second ruler of Golconda
- Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (born 1512)
- Jón Arason, the last Catholic bishop of Iceland, beheaded
- Lapu-Lapu, Filipino Hero
- See also Category: 1550 deaths.af:1550
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