1548
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1545 1546 1547 - 1548 - 1549 1550 1551 |
| 1548 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1548 (MDXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1548
[edit] January - June
- February 14 - At the Battle of Uedahara, firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.
[edit] July - December
- July 7 - A marriage treaty is signed between Scotland and France, whereby five-year-old Mary I is betrothed to the future King Francis II of France.
- August 7 - Mary I of Scotland leaves for France.
- October 31 - At the first sejm of King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, deputies demand that the king renounce his wife Barbara Radziwiłł.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1548 MDXLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2301 |
| Armenian calendar | 997 ԹՎ ՋՂԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -296 – -295 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2092 |
| Chinese calendar | 4184/4244-11-21 (丁未年十一月廿一日) — to —
4185/4245-12-2(戊申年十二月初二日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1540 – 1541 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5308 – 5309 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1603 – 1604 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1470 – 1471 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4649 – 4650 |
| Holocene calendar | 11548 |
| Iranian calendar | 926 – 927 |
| Islamic calendar | 954 – 955 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 17 (天文17年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2208 (皇紀2208年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11548 |
| Julian calendar | 1593 |
| Korean calendar | 3881 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2091 |
- January 5 - Francisco Suárez, Spanish philosopher and theologian (died 1617)
- May - Carel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet (died 1606)
- September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616)
- September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626)
- date unknown
- Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (died 1600)
- Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (died 1610)
- Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (died 1598)
- Oda Nagamasu, Japanese nobleman (died 1622)
- Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (died 1587)
- Luis Barahona de Soto, Spanish poet (died 1595)
- William Stanley, English soldier (died 1630)
- Simon Stevin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (died 1620)
- Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyo (died 1573)
- Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (died 1611)
- probable
- Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624)
- Francesco Soriano, Italian composer (died 1621)
- See also Category: 1548 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 23 - Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (born 1490)
- February 26 - Lorenzino de' Medici, writer and assassin (born 1514)
- March 23 - Itagaki Nobukata, Japanese retainer
- March 24 - Gissur Einarsson, first Lutheran bishop in Iceland
- April 1 - Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland (born 1467)
- May 30 - Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Mexican Catholic saint (born 1474)
- June 3 - Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (born 1468)
- June 6 - Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (born 1500)
- June 14 - Carpentras, French composer (born c. 1470)
- September 7 - Catherine Parr, queen of Henry VIII of England (born c. 1512)
- October 27 - Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and Bishop of Warmia (born 1485)
- December 27 - Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (born 1502)
- See also Category: 1548 deaths.
