1550

Sponsorship the way you would do it

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

Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s

Years: 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 - 1550 - 1551 1552 1553 1554 1555

See also:

1550 in literature
1550 in music
1550 in sports

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

February 7 - Julius III becomes Pope
The first book in Slovenian, Cattechismus and Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in TÃÂÃÂ¼bingen, Germany.
Nostradamus' first almanac is written.
Helsinki, the capital of Finland is found by Gustav Vasa.

Births

April 22 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England (+ 1604)
June 27 - King Charles IX of France
September 17 - Pope Paul V
October 4 - King Charles IX of Sweden
John Napier, Scottish mathematician

Deaths