Famous Deaths Happened In 1553

Feb 04 Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 in the year 1553.  

Feb 19 Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Feb 25 Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) died on this day in history.  

Apr 09 On this day in history francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49  

Jul 06 In the year 1553 edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15  

Jul 09 Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521) died on this day in history.  

Jul 11 Mauritius, duke/monarch of Saksen (1547-53), dies of injuries at 32 on this day in history.  

Aug 08 On this day in history death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)  

Aug 17 In the year 1553 charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies  

Aug 22 On this day in history death of john Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded  

Sep 04 Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake died on this day in history.  

Oct 07 In the year 1553 death of cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)  

Oct 16 Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Oct 19 In the year 1553 bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies  

Oct 27 Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy died on this day in history.  

Oct 30 Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489) died in the year 1553.  

Dec 14 On this day in history death of hanibal Lucić, Croatian writer (b. 1485)  

Jan 22 In the year 1553 birth of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)  

Mar 29 Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614) was born in the year 1553.  

Apr 30 In the year 1553 birth of louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)  

May 14 Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born in the year 1553.  

Jun 05 Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) was born in the year 1553.  

Jun 15 In the year 1553 birth of ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands  

Jul 15 In the year 1553 birth of archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)  

Nov 23 Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum) was born on this day in history.