| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Feb 9 |
John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy |
Feb 9 |
Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (b. 1510) |
Mar 23 |
Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 |
Mar 27 |
William Hunter, Protestant martyr |
Apr 12 |
Joanna of Castile (Joanna the mad), wife of Philip I of Castile dies at 75 |
May 1 |
Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 |
May 25 |
Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 |
May 25 |
Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503) |
Jun 7 |
Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76 |
Jun 23 |
Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470) |
Aug 8 |
Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) |
Sep 8 |
Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies |
Oct 7 |
Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488) |
Oct 9 |
Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493) |
Oct 16 |
Hugh Latimer, English bishop and royal chaplain, burned at the stake as one of the Oxford Martyrs at 80 |
Oct 16 |
Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned at the stake as an Oxford martyr |
Nov 12 |
Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 |
Nov 21 |
Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61 |
Nov 24 |
French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65 |
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