1553 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1553?
- July 10, 1553 – Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
- July 19, 1553 – Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after only nine days of reign.
- August 13, 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
- October 1, 1553 – Coronation of Queen Mary I of England
- October 27, 1553 – Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
- December 25, 1553 – Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.
Who Were Born In The Year 1553?
- January 22, 1553 – Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)
- March 29, 1553 – Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet
- April 30, 1553 – Louise of Lorraine, queen of France (d. 1601)
- May 14, 1553 – Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
- June 5, 1553 – Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
- July 15, 1553 – Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)
- November 23, 1553 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
- December 13, 1553 – King Henry IV of France (d. 1610)
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