Famous Deaths In 1553

Feb 04 Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Feb 19 Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

Feb 25 On this day in history death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)  

Apr 09 In the year 1553 francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49  

Jul 06 In the year 1553 edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15  

Jul 09 Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521) died on this day in history.  

Jul 11 Mauritius, duke/monarch of Saksen (1547-53), dies of injuries at 32 on this day in history.  

Aug 08 Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) died in the year 1553.  

Aug 17 Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 22 John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded died in the year 1553.  

Sep 04 On this day in history death of cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake  

Oct 07 On this day in history death of cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)  

Oct 16 Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81 in the year 1553.  

Oct 19 Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies in the year 1553.  

Oct 27 On this day in history death of michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy  

Oct 30 Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489) died on this day in history.  

Dec 14 Hanibal Lucić, Croatian writer (b. 1485) died in the year 1553.  

Jan 22 In the year 1553 birth of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625)  

Mar 29 Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614) was born in the year 1553.  

Apr 30 In the year 1553 birth of louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)  

May 14 On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)  

Jun 05 Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) was born in the year 1553.  

Jun 15 On this day in history birth of ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands  

Jul 15 In the year 1553 birth of archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)  

Nov 23 On this day in history birth of prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)