1552
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s
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| Years: | 1549 1550 1551 - 1552 - 1553 1554 1555 |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1552 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1552
[edit] January - June
- January 15 - Henry II of France and Maurice of Saxony sign the Treaty of Chambord.
- February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds the city of Valdivia in Chile.
- February 24 - The privileges of the Hanseatic League are abolished in England.
- March - The Act of Uniformity 1552 imposes the Protestant prayerbook in England.
- March 26 - Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru
- April - War breaks out between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun.
- May - Maurice of Saxony captures Augsburg and almost seizes Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at Innsbruck.
[edit] July - December
- August 2
- John Frederick, Elector of Saxony and Philipp I of Hesse, taken prisoner by Charles V in 1546, are released.
- Peace of Passau revokes the Augsburg Interim of 1548 and promises religious freedom to the Protestant princes.
- October 2 - Khanate of Kazan falls to troops of Ivan IV of Russia.
- September -In Hungary, Eger is defended against the Turks.
[edit] Undated
- In the Persian Gulf, the Ottoman Empire Red Sea Fleet attacks the Portuguese stronghold of Hormuz but fails to capture it.
- Spain's Bartolomé de Las Casas publishes his attack on colonial practices in the New World, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies.
- In Italy, Bartolomeo Eustachi makes important discoveries on the structure of the ear and heart.
- Christ's Hospital and Shrewsbury School are founded by Royal Charter of Edward VI
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1552 MDLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2305 |
| Armenian calendar | 1001 ԹՎ ՌԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -292 – -291 |
| Berber calendar | 2502 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2096 |
| Burmese calendar | 914 |
| Chinese calendar | 4188/4248-12-6 (辛亥年十二月初六日) — to — 4189/4249-12-16(壬子年十二月十六日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1268 – 1269 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1544 – 1545 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5312 – 5313 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1607 – 1608 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1474 – 1475 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4653 – 4654 |
| Holocene calendar | 11552 |
| Iranian calendar | 930 – 931 |
| Islamic calendar | 958 – 960 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 21 (天文21年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2212 (皇紀2212年) |
| Julian calendar | 1597 |
| Korean calendar | 3885 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2095 |
- February 1 - Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur and jurist (died 1634)
- February 8 - Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (died 1630)
- February 19 - Melchior Klesl, Austrian statesman and cardinal (died 1630)
- February 28 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (died 1632)
- April 15 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (died 1626)
- June 18 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (died 1637)
- July 18 - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1612)
- August 24 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (died 1614)
- September 22 - Tsar Vasili IV of Russia (d. 1612)
- October 6 - Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary to China (died 1610)
- December 29 - Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé (died 1588)
- December 30 - Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (died 1611)
- date unknown
- Hans von Aachen, German mannerist painter (died 1615)
- Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (died 1585)
- Jean Bertaut, French poet (died 1611)
- Richard Hakluyt, English author, editor and translator (born c.1552 or 1553; died 1616)
- Philemon Holland, English translator (died 1637)
- Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma, Spanish politician (died 1625)
- Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese daimyo (died 1615)
- Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (died 1636)
- Jack Ward, English pirate (died 1622)
- See also Category: 1552 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 10 - Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (born 1479)
- January 22 - Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English politician (born 1509)
- February 26 - Heinrich Faber, German composer (born 1500)
- April 18 - John Leland, English historian (born 1502)
- June 10 - Alexander Barclay, British poet (born 1476)
- August 15 - Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (born 1477)
- October 14 - Oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (born 1488)
- October 17 - Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (born 1498)
- December 2 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1506)
- December 20 - Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther (born 1499)
- date unknown
- Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (born 1488)
- Philippe Verdelot, French composer (born 1475)
- Edward Edward Wotton, English zoologist (born 1492)
- See also Category: 1552 deaths.af:1552
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