| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s
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| Years: | 1547 1548 1549 - 1550 - 1551 1552 1553 |
| 1550 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – Art – |
| Literature – Music – Poetry – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Marriages |
Year 1550 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1550[]
January - June[]
- July 21 - The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) is definitely approved by Pope Julius III.
Undated[]
- The first grammatical description of the French language is published by Louis Maigret.
- The first book in Slovenian, Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in Tübingen, Germany.
- Nostradamus's first almanac is written.
- Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is founded by Gustav Vasa.
- Iceland becomes fully Protestant
- Altan Khan besieges Peking
Births[]
| Gregorian calendar | 1550 MDL
|
| Ab urbe condita | 2303 |
| Armenian calendar | 999 ԹՎ ՋՂԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -294 – -293 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2094 |
| Coptic calendar | 1266 – 1267 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1542 – 1543 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5310 – 5311 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1605 – 1606 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1472 – 1473 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4651 – 4652 |
| Holocene calendar | 11550 |
| Iranian calendar | 928 – 929 |
| Islamic calendar | 956 – 957 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun
19
|
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2210 (皇紀2210年) |
| Julian calendar | 1595 |
| Korean calendar | 3883 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2093 |
- January 31 - Henry I, French Catholic general (died 1588)
- April 12 - Edward de Vere, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (died 1604)
- May 25 - Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier and nurse (died 1614)
- June - Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (died 1613)
- June 27 - King Charles IX of France (died 1574)
- July 3 - Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (died 1591)
- September 10 - Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, commander of the Spanish Armada (died 1615)
- September 17 - Pope Paul V (died 1621)
- November 6 - Karin Månsdotter, queen of Eric XIV of Sweden (died 1612)
- December 6 - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (died 1605)
- December 22 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (died 1631)
- date unknown
- Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi, author (died 1625)
- Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (died 1597)
- John Napier, Scottish mathematician (died 1617)
- Ralph Sherwin, English Roman Catholic martyr and saint (died 1581)
- Anselmus de Boodt, Belgian mineralogist and physician (d. 1632)
- probable
- Robert Balfour, Scottish philosopher (died 1625)
- Henry Barrowe, English Puritan and Separatist (died 1593)
- Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer (died 1602)
- Cornelis Corneliszoon, Dutch inventor of the sawmill (died ca. 1600)
- Philip Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (died 1616)
- See also 1550 births.
Deaths[]
- March 8 - John of God, Spanish friar and saint (born 1495)
- April 12 - Claude, French soldier (born 1496)
- May 18 - John, French churchman (born 1498)
- May 20 - Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (born 1511)
- July 30 - Thomas Wriothesley, English politician (born 1505)
- October 23 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (born 1480)
- November 6 - Ulrich (born 1487)
- date unknown
- Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah, second ruler of Golconda
- Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (born 1512)
- Jón Arason, the last Catholic bishop of Iceland, beheaded
- Lapu-Lapu, Filipino Hero
- See also 1550 deaths.
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People of the year 1550 at Familypedia
72 people were born in 1550
27 children were born to the 23 women born in 1550
27 people died in 1550
1224 people lived in 1550
Events of the year 1550 at Familypedia
20 people were married in 1550.
There were 0 military battles in 1550.