1552

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Years: 1549 1550 1551 - 1552 - 1553 1554 1555

Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

• April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun.
• October - December - Unsuccessful Siege of Metz by Charles V
• October 2 - Khanate of Kazan falls to troops of Ivan IV of Russia
• Hungary - defence of Eger from Turks

Births

• February 1 - Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur and jurist (died 1634)
• February 8 - Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)
• February 19 - Melchior Klesl, Austrian statesman and cardinal (died 1630)
• February 28 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (died 1632)
• April 15 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (died 1626)
• June 18 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1637)
• July 18 - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1612)
• August 24 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
• October 6 - Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary to China (died 1610)
• December 30 - Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
• Hans von Aachen, German mannerist painter (died 1615)
• Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (died 1585)
• Jean Bertaut, French poet (died 1611)
• Henri I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (died 1588)
• Philemon Holland, English translator (died 1637)
• Duke of Lerma, Spanish politician (died 1625)
• Tsar Vasili IV of Russia (d. 1612)
• Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese daimyo (died 1615)
• Jean Hotman Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (died 1636)
• Jack Ward, English pirate (died 1622)

Deaths

• January 10 - Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (born 1479)
• February 26 - Heinrich Faber, German composer (born 1500)
• April 18 - John Leland, English historian (born 1502)
• June 10 - Alexander Barclay, British poet (born 1476)
• August 15 - Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)
• October 14 - Oswald Myconius, Swiss protestant reformer (born 1488)
• December 2 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1506)
• Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (born 1488)
• Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (born 1498)
• Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English politician (born 1509)
• Philippe Verdelot, French composer (born 1475)
• Edward Edward Wotton, English zoologist (born 1492)