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| Years: 1548 1549 1550 - 1551 - 1552 1553 1554 | |
| Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav )
- Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England.
- Foundation of the National University of Saint Mark in Lima,_Peru.
Births
- May 2 - William Camden, English historian (died 1623)
- May 17 - Martin Delrio, Jesuit theologian (died 1608)
- September 19 - King Henry III of France (died 1589)
- George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven (died 1617)
- Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (died 1608)
- Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (died 1605)
- Stanislaw Stadnicki, Polish nobleman
- Faust Vrancic, Italian humanist (died 1617)
Deaths
- April 21 - Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (born 1510)
- August 26 - Margareta Leijonhufvud, consort of King Gustav I (born 1516)
- September 30 - Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (born 1507)
- Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian painter
- Martin Bucer, German Protestant reformer (born 1491)
- Fray Tomás de Berlanga, Bishop of Panama (born 1487)
- Adriaen Isenbrant, Flemish painter (born 1490)
- Barbara Radziwill, queen of Sigismund II of Poland (born 1523)
- Zofia Szydlowiecka, Polish noblewoman (born 1513)
- Sagara Taketo, Japanese samurai
- Katarzyna Tomicka, Polish noblewomanaf:1551
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