Page 2: Historical Events In 1553

Dec 14   On this day in history henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France   

Dec 25   Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeats the Spanish conquistadors and exetutes the governor of Chile Pedro de Valdivia on this day in history.   

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Jan 22   Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625) was born in the year 1553.   

Mar 29   In the year 1553 birth of vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)   

Apr 30   Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601) was born in the year 1553.   

May 14   On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

Jun 05   In the year 1553 birth of bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)   

Jun 15   On this day in history birth of ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands   

Jul 15   Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.   

Nov 23   In the year 1553 birth of prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)   

Feb 04   On this day in history caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37   

Feb 19   On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41   

Feb 25   In the year 1553 death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)   

Apr 09   Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49 in the year 1553.   

Jul 06   Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15 in the year 1553.   

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

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

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