1558
Philip Hoby, English general and diplomat (born 1505)
Sir Philip Hoby PC was a 16th-century English Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire and Flanders.
Philip Hoby, English general and diplomat (born 1505)
The 1550s
Explore 133 historical events from 1550–1559.
1558
Piero Strozzi, Italian general (born 1510)
Piero Strozzi was an Italian military leader. He was a member of the rich Florentine family of the Strozzi.
Piero Strozzi, Italian general (born 1510)
1557
Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.
The Battle of Saint-Quentin of 1557 was a decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1551–1559 between the Kingdom of France and the Spanish Empire, at Saint-Quentin in Picardy. A H…
Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.
1557
The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy.
The Battle of Saint-Quentin of 1557 was a decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1551–1559 between the Kingdom of France and the Spanish Empire, at Saint-Quentin in Picardy. A H…
The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy.
1557
Leandro Bassano, Italian painter (died 1622)
Leandro Bassano, also called Leandro dal Ponte, was an Italian Renaissance painter from Bassano del Grappa who was awarded a knighthood by the Doge of Venice. He was the younger br…
Leandro Bassano, Italian painter (died 1622)
1557
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (died 1595)
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Howard lived mainly during …
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (died 1595)
1557
King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually…
Philip II, sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent, was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.…
King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually…
1557
Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (died 1602)
Agostino Carracci was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one o…
Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (died 1602)
1557
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (died 1631)
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1572 to 1588 as the wife of Frederick II. She was the mother of Christian IV and Anne of Denmark, and served as r…
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (died 1631)
1557
Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (died 1648)
Joseph Calasanz, also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Josephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free educa…
Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (died 1648)
1557
Jacques Mauduit, French composer (died 1627)
Jacques Mauduit was a French composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most innovative French composers of the late 16th century, combining voices and instruments in new …
Jacques Mauduit, French composer (died 1627)
1557
Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1495)
Petrus Apianus, also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography. His work on "…
Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1495)
1557
John III of Portugal (born 1502)
John III, nicknamed The Pious, was the King of Portugal and the Algarve from 1521 until he died in 1557. He was the son of King Manuel I and Maria of Aragon, the third daughter of …
John III of Portugal (born 1502)
1557
Anne of Cleves, Queen consort of England (born 1515)
Anne of Cleves was Queen of England as the fourth wife of Henry VIII from 6 January to 12 July 1540.
Anne of Cleves, Queen consort of England (born 1515)
1557
Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (born 1490)
Olaus Magnus was a Swedish writer, cartographer, and Catholic clergyman.
Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (born 1490)
1557
Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (born 1491)
Jacques Cartier was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawr…
Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (born 1491)
1557
John Cheke, English scholar and politician, Secretary of State for England (born 1514)
Sir John Cheke was an English classical scholar and statesman. One of the foremost teachers of his age, and the first Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, he p…
John Cheke, English scholar and politician, Secretary of State for England (born 1514)
1556
470 years ago
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs
The Stratford Martyrs were eleven men and two women who were burned at the stake together for their Protestant beliefs, either at Stratford-le-Bow, Middlesex or Stratford, Essex, b…
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs
1556
470 years ago
Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
Vlissingen is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissin…
Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
1556
470 years ago
Jerzy Radziwiłł, Catholic cardinal (died 1600)
Prince Jerzy Radziwiłł was a Polish–Lithuanian magnate and Imperial Reichsfürst from the Radziwiłł family. He was ordained a Catholic priest and later rose through the ranks as Bis…
Jerzy Radziwiłł, Catholic cardinal (died 1600)
1556
470 years ago
François Béroalde de Verville, French writer (died 1626)
François Béroalde de Verville was a French Renaissance novelist, poet and intellectual. He was born in Paris, the son of Matthieu Brouard, called "Béroalde", a professor of Agrippa…
François Béroalde de Verville, French writer (died 1626)
1556
470 years ago
George Peele, English translator, poet, and dramatist (died 1596)
George Peele was an English translator, poet, and dramatist, who is most noted for his supposed, but not universally accepted, collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play T…
George Peele, English translator, poet, and dramatist (died 1596)
1556
470 years ago
Alexander Briant, English martyr and saint (died 1581)
Alexander Briant, SJ was an English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn.
Alexander Briant, English martyr and saint (died 1581)
1556
470 years ago
Sophia Brahe, Danish horticulturalist and astronomer (died 1643)
Sophia Thott Lange, known by her maiden name, was a Danish noblewoman and horticulturalist with knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, and medicine. She worked alongside her brother Ty…
Sophia Brahe, Danish horticulturalist and astronomer (died 1643)