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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s

Years: 1551 1552 1553 1554 1555 - 1556 - 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561


[edit] Events

[edit] Births

  • January 8 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1623)
  • February 21 - Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (d. 1615)
  • March 7 - Guillaume du Vair, French statesman and philosopher (died 1621)
  • June 6 - Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche (died 1625)
  • November 15 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (died 1618)
  • Henry Briggs, English mathematician (died 1630)
  • Margaret Clitherow, English Catholic martyr (died 1586)
  • Shibata Katsutoyo, Japanese militray commander (died 1583)
  • Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese militray commander (died 1583)
  • Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Sudanese writer and political leader
  • James Melville, Scottish divine and reformer (died 1614)
  • Maria of Nassau, second daughter of William the Silent (died 1616)

[edit] Deaths