1555
Feb 4 - John Rogers burnt at the stake - first protestant to be martyred in reign of Mary I of England.
Georg Bauer (Georgius Agricola) - geologist - dies.
Thomas Cavendish - circumnavigator - born
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1555
Feb 4 - John Rogers burnt at the stake - first protestant to be martyred in reign of Mary I of England.
Georg Bauer (Georgius Agricola) - geologist - dies.
Thomas Cavendish - circumnavigator - born
1554
Marriage of Felipe II to Mary Tudor of England
1553
July 10-Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next 9 days
1552
In Italy, Bartolomeo Eustachi makes important discoveries on the structure of the ear and heart.
1551 :
The National University of Saint Mark is founded in Lima, Peru. It is the oldest officially established university in the Americas, and as such, one of the oldest universities in the world.
1550
Iceland becomes fully Protestant
Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer born
1549
King names Tomé de Sousa first governor general of Brazil (1549-53). De Sousa establishes his capital at São Salvador da Bahia.
1548
At the Battle of Uedahara, firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
1547
Great fire in Moscow
1546
Peace between France and England
1545
The Mary Rose sinks during the Battle of the Solent.
1544 -
University of Konigsberg (Albertina University) founded.
Tasso born
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium in Nuremberg.
1542- Battle of Jarte
1541- Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River, names it Río de Espíritu Santo.