1554

Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades:	1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s
Years:	1551 1552 1553 - 1554 - 1555 1556 1557

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Year 1554 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1554

January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
February - Thomas Wyatt surrenders to government forces in London.
February 12 - After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband.
March 17 - Princess Elizabeth imprisoned in The Tower.
April 12 - Mary of Guise becomes Regent of Scotland.

August 12 - Battle of Renty. French forces led by Francis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V.

January 9 - Pope Gregory XV (died 1623)
January 20 - King Sebastian of Portugal (died 1578)
March - Richard Hooker, Anglican theologian (died 1600)
March 26 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (died 1611)
April - Stephen Gosson, English satirist (died 1624)
May 20 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (died 1594)
October 3 - Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (died 1628)
November 30 - Sir Philip Sidney, English courtier and poet (died 1586)
December 19 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
date unknown
- Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (died 1612)
- James Lancaster, English navigator (died 1618)
- Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, and explorer (died 1618)
- Francis Throckmorton, English conspirator (died 1584)

See also Category: 1554 births.

January 1 - Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (born c1500)
January 16 - Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (born c1480)
February 12
- Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (executed) (b. 1536)
- Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the throne of England (executed) (born 1537)
February 21 - Hieronymus Bock, German botanist (born 1498)
February 23 - Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician (executed) (born c1515)
March 3 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (born 1503)
April 11 - Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (executed) (born 1521)
August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
September 22 - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador (born c1510)
December 22 - Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter (born 1498)
date unknown
- Leo Africanus, Sudanese writer (born 1485)
- Sebastiano Serlio, Italian architect (born 1475)
- John Taylor, Bishop of Lincoln (born 1503)

See also Category: 1554 deaths.