1553 Calendar
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1553 Historical Event(s)
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 On 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)