1554
*
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 Jane 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.
*
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.*
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 politician (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.
