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1547 1548 1549 - 1550 - 1551 1552 1553 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | '''Decades:'''
1520s 1530s 1540s - '''1550s''' - 1560s 1570s 1580s |- | align="center" | '''Centuries:'''
15th_century - '''16th_century''' - 17th_century
1550_in_literature |} == Events == * February_7 - Julius III becomes Pope. * The first book in Slovenian, ''Abecedarium'', written by Protestant reformer Primoz_Trubar, is printed in Tübingen, Germany. * Nostradamus' first Almanac is written. * Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is founded by Gustav_Vasa. == Births == * January_31 - Henry_I,_Duke_of_Guise, French Catholic general (died 1588) * April_12 - Edward_de_Vere,_17th_Earl_of_Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (died 1604) * June_27 - King Charles_IX_of_France (died 1574) * September_10 - Alonso_de_Guzman_El_Bueno,_7th_Duke_of_Medina_Sidonia, commander of the Spanish Armada (died 1615) * September_17 - Pope_Paul_V (died 1621) * October_4 - King Charles_IX_of_Sweden (died 1611) * December_6 - Orazio_Vecchi, Italian composer (died 1605) * Jacob_ben_Isaac_Ashkenazi, author * Robert_Balfour, Scottish philosopher (died 1625) * Henry_Barrowe, English Puritan and Separatist (died 1593) * Camillus_de_Lellis, Italian soldier and nurse (died 1614) * Emilio_de'_Cavalieri, Italian composer (died 1602) * John Davis, English explorer (died 1605) * Sarsa_Dengel, Emperor_of_Ethiopia (died 1597) * Jacobus_Gallus, Slovenian composer (died 1591) * Philip_Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (died 1616) * Karin_Månsdotter, queen of Eric_XIV_of_Sweden (died 1612) * Andreas_Libavius, German doctor and chemist (died 1616) * John_Napier, Scottish mathematician (died 1617) * Pomponio_Nenna, Italian composer (died 1613) * Ralph_Sherwin, English Roman Catholic martyr and saint (died 1581) ''See also Category:_1550_births.'' == Deaths == *April_12 - Claude,_Duke_of_Guise, French soldier (born 1496) *May_18 - John,_Cardinal_of_Lorraine, French churchman (born 1498) *May_20 - Ashikaga_Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (born 1511) *July_30 - Thomas_Wriothesley,_1st_Earl_of_Southampton, English politician (born 1505) *October_23 - Tiedemann_Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (born 1480) *November_6 - Ulrich,_Duke_of_Württemberg (b. 1487) *John_of_God, Spanish friar and saint *Nuño_Beltrán_de_Guzmán, Spanish conquistador *Jamsheed_Quli_Qutb_Shah, second ruler of Golconda *Tabinshwehti, King of Burma ''See also Category:_1550_deaths.'' Category:1550 Af:1550 Ast:1550 Bg:1550 Bs:1550 Ca:1550 Cv:1550 Cs:1550 Cy:1550 Da:1550 De:1550 Et:1550 El:1550 Es:1550 Eo:1550 Eu:1550 Fr:1550 Ko:1550년 Hr:1550 Io:1550 Is:1550 It:1550 He:1550 Lb:1550 Hu:1550 Mk:1550 Nl:1550 No:1550 Nn:1550 Os:1550 Pl:1550 Pt:1550 Ro:1550 Ru:1550 Sk:1550 Sl:1550 Sr:1550 Fi:1550 Sv:1550 Tt:1550 Tr:1550 Uk:1550 Zh:1550年
1547 1548 1549 - 1550 - 1551 1552 1553 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | '''Decades:'''
1520s 1530s 1540s - '''1550s''' - 1560s 1570s 1580s |- | align="center" | '''Centuries:'''
15th_century - '''16th_century''' - 17th_century
1550_in_literature |} == Events == * February_7 - Julius III becomes Pope. * The first book in Slovenian, ''Abecedarium'', written by Protestant reformer Primoz_Trubar, is printed in Tübingen, Germany. * Nostradamus' first Almanac is written. * Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is founded by Gustav_Vasa. == Births == * January_31 - Henry_I,_Duke_of_Guise, French Catholic general (died 1588) * April_12 - Edward_de_Vere,_17th_Earl_of_Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (died 1604) * June_27 - King Charles_IX_of_France (died 1574) * September_10 - Alonso_de_Guzman_El_Bueno,_7th_Duke_of_Medina_Sidonia, commander of the Spanish Armada (died 1615) * September_17 - Pope_Paul_V (died 1621) * October_4 - King Charles_IX_of_Sweden (died 1611) * December_6 - Orazio_Vecchi, Italian composer (died 1605) * Jacob_ben_Isaac_Ashkenazi, author * Robert_Balfour, Scottish philosopher (died 1625) * Henry_Barrowe, English Puritan and Separatist (died 1593) * Camillus_de_Lellis, Italian soldier and nurse (died 1614) * Emilio_de'_Cavalieri, Italian composer (died 1602) * John Davis, English explorer (died 1605) * Sarsa_Dengel, Emperor_of_Ethiopia (died 1597) * Jacobus_Gallus, Slovenian composer (died 1591) * Philip_Henslowe, English theatrical entrepreneur (died 1616) * Karin_Månsdotter, queen of Eric_XIV_of_Sweden (died 1612) * Andreas_Libavius, German doctor and chemist (died 1616) * John_Napier, Scottish mathematician (died 1617) * Pomponio_Nenna, Italian composer (died 1613) * Ralph_Sherwin, English Roman Catholic martyr and saint (died 1581) ''See also Category:_1550_births.'' == Deaths == *April_12 - Claude,_Duke_of_Guise, French soldier (born 1496) *May_18 - John,_Cardinal_of_Lorraine, French churchman (born 1498) *May_20 - Ashikaga_Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (born 1511) *July_30 - Thomas_Wriothesley,_1st_Earl_of_Southampton, English politician (born 1505) *October_23 - Tiedemann_Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (born 1480) *November_6 - Ulrich,_Duke_of_Württemberg (b. 1487) *John_of_God, Spanish friar and saint *Nuño_Beltrán_de_Guzmán, Spanish conquistador *Jamsheed_Quli_Qutb_Shah, second ruler of Golconda *Tabinshwehti, King of Burma ''See also Category:_1550_deaths.'' Category:1550 Af:1550 Ast:1550 Bg:1550 Bs:1550 Ca:1550 Cv:1550 Cs:1550 Cy:1550 Da:1550 De:1550 Et:1550 El:1550 Es:1550 Eo:1550 Eu:1550 Fr:1550 Ko:1550년 Hr:1550 Io:1550 Is:1550 It:1550 He:1550 Lb:1550 Hu:1550 Mk:1550 Nl:1550 No:1550 Nn:1550 Os:1550 Pl:1550 Pt:1550 Ro:1550 Ru:1550 Sk:1550 Sl:1550 Sr:1550 Fi:1550 Sv:1550 Tt:1550 Tr:1550 Uk:1550 Zh:1550年