1552

Calendar year

Millennium:  | 2nd millennium

|

Centuries:  |

* 15th century
* 16th century
* 17th century

Decades:  |

* 1530s
* 1540s
* 1550s
* 1560s
* 1570s

Years:  |

* 1549
* 1550
* 1551
* 1552
* 1553
* 1554
* 1555

1552 by topic

Arts and science

* Architecture
* Art
* Literature
* Music
* Science

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Colonial governors
* Religious leaders

Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works category

* Works

* v
* t
* e

1552 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 1552
MDLII

|

Ab urbe condita| 2305
Armenian calendar| 1001
ԹՎ ՌԱ
Assyrian calendar| 6302
Balinese saka calendar| 1473–1474
Bengali calendar| 958–959
Berber calendar| 2502
English Regnal year| 5 Edw. 6 – 6 Edw. 6
Buddhist calendar| 2096
Burmese calendar| 914
Byzantine calendar| 7060–7061
Chinese calendar| 辛亥年 (Metal Pig)
4249 or 4042
— to —
壬子年 (Water Rat)
4250 or 4043
Coptic calendar| 1268–1269
Discordian calendar| 2718
Ethiopian calendar| 1544–1545
Hebrew calendar| 5312–5313
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 1608–1609
\- Shaka Samvat| 1473–1474
\- Kali Yuga| 4652–4653
Holocene calendar| 11552
Igbo calendar| 552–553
Iranian calendar| 930–931
Islamic calendar| 958–960
Japanese calendar| Tenbun 21
(天文２１年)
Javanese calendar| 1470–1471
Julian calendar| 1552
MDLII
Korean calendar| 3885
Minguo calendar| 360 before ROC
民前360年
Nanakshahi calendar| 84
Thai solar calendar| 2094–2095
Tibetan calendar| 阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
1678 or 1297 or 525
— to —
阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
1679 or 1298 or 526

File:Vízkelety Béla Eger vár ostroma 1552-ben.jpg

September: Siege of Eger.

Year 1552 (MDLII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

## Events[edit | edit source]

File:Eustachi - Tabulae anatomicae, 1769 - 2981432.tif

Bartolomeo Eustachi completes his Tabulae anatomicae.

### January–June[edit | edit source]

* January 15 – Henry II of France and Maurice, Elector of Saxony, sign the Treaty of Chambord.[1]
* February 12 – Pedro de Valdivia founds the Chilean city of Valdivia, as Santa María la Blanca de Valdivia.
* February 24 – The privileges of the Hanseatic League are abolished in England.
* March – The Act of Uniformity imposes the Protestant Book of Common Prayer on England.
* March 26 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
* April – War breaks out between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades the Duchy of Lorraine, and captures Toul, Metz and Verdun.
* April 11 – Metz Cathedral is consecrated.
* April 16 – Pedro de Valdivia founds the city of La Imperial, Chile.
* May – Maurice, Elector of Saxony, captures Augsburg, and almost seizes Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor at Innsbruck, leading to the suspension of the Council of Trent.

### July–December[edit | edit source]

* July 6–July 9 – In Hungary, Drégely Castle is attacked by the Ottoman Empire. Captain György Szondy and c. 140 soldiers in the castle die, after 4 days of fighting against 8,000 Turkish raiders.
* August 2
* John Frederick, Elector of Saxony and Philipp I of Hesse, taken prisoner by Charles V in 1546, are released.
* The Peace of Passau revokes the Augsburg Interim of 1548, and promises religious freedom to the Protestant princes.
* September – In Hungary, captain István Dobó commands the breaking of the Siege of Eger, led by Kara Ahmed Pasha of the Ottoman Empire.
* September 24 – The Debatable Lands on the border of England and Scotland are divided between the two kingdoms by a commission creating the Scots' Dike in an unsuccessful attempt to halt lawlessness here, but giving both countries their modern borders.
* October 2 – The Khanate of Kazan falls to troops of Ivan IV of Russia.

### Date unknown[edit | edit source]

* In the Persian Gulf, the Ottoman Empire Red Sea Fleet attacks the Portuguese stronghold of Hormuz, but fails to capture it.[2]
* The Ottoman's capture the city of Temesvar.
* In Italy, Bartolomeo Eustachi completes his Tabulae anatomicae, presenting his discoveries on the structure of the inner ear and heart,[3] although, for fear of the Inquisition, it will not be published until 1714.
* King Edward VI of England founds 35 grammar schools by royal charter,[4] including Shrewsbury; Leeds Grammar School is also established.

## Births[edit | edit source]

File:Sir Walter Ralegh by 'H' monogrammist.jpg

Walter Raleigh

File:Rudolf2c.jpg

Rudolph II

File:Vasili IV of Russia.PNG

Vasili IV of Russia

File:Ricciportrait.jpg

Matteo Ricci

File:SimondeRojasOSS.jpg

Simón de Rojas

* January 14 – Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
* January 22 – Walter Raleigh, English explorer (d. 1618)[5]
* February 1 – Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur and jurist (d. 1634)
* February 8 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)[6]
* February 19 – Melchior Klesl, Austrian statesman and cardinal (d. 1630)
* February 20 – Sengoku Hidehisa, Japanese daimyō (d. 1614)
* February 25 – Magdalene of Lippe, Countess of Lippe by birth, and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1587)
* February 28 – Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (d. 1632)
* March 1 – Anna of Cleves, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by birth and by marriage Countess Palatine of Neuburg (d. 1632)
* March 18 – Polykarp Leyser the Elder, German theologian (d. 1610)
* March 20 – Christoph, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (d. 1592)
* April 20 – Frederick IV of Liegnitz, German noble (d. 1596)
* May 8 – Petrus Ryff, Swiss scientist (d. 1629)
* May 12 – Edmund Bowyer, English politician (d. 1627)
* June 2 – Raja Wodeyar I, King of Mysore (d. 1617)
* June 8 – Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1638)
* June 17 – John George of Ohlau, Duke of Oława and Wołów (1586-1592) (d. 1592)
* June 29 – Elizabeth Spencer, Baroness Hunsdon, English baroness (d. 1618)
* July 18 – Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1612)[7]
* July 22
* Anthony Browne, Sheriff of Surrey and Kent (d. 1592)
* Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton, Lady of English peer and others (d. 1607)
* August 14 – Paolo Sarpi, Italian writer (d. 1623)
* August 21 – Muhammad Qadiri, Founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order (d. 1654)
* August 24 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
* September 12 – Andreas Schott, Flemish academic, linguist, translator, editor and a Jesuit priest (d. 1629)
* September 20 – Lorenz Scholz von Rosenau, German botanist (d. 1599)
* September 21 – Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (d. 1638)
* September 22 – Tsar Vasili IV of Russia (d. 1612)
* September 27 – Flaminio Scala, Italian playwright and stage actor (d. 1624)
* October 6 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary to China (d. 1610)
* October 11 – Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1553)
* October 18
* Elisabeth of Saxony, Countess Palatine of Simmern (d. 1590)
* Francis Cherry, English diplomat (d. 1605)
* October 23 – Odet de Turnèbe, French dramatist (d. 1581)
* October 28 – Simón de Rojas, Spanish saint (d. 1624)
* December 18 – Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (d. 1616)
* November 20 – Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, English politician and Earl (d. 1616)
* November 26 – Seonjo of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1608)
* December 27 – William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, English politician and Earl (d. 1626)
* December 29 – Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé (d. 1588)
* December 31 – Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
* Date unknown:
* Hans von Aachen, German mannerist painter (d. 1615)
* Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (d. 1585)
* Jean Bertaut, French poet (d. 1611)[8]
* Philemon Holland, English translator (d. 1637)
* Prince Masahito, Japanese prince (d. 1586)
* Lady Saigō, Japanese concubine (d. 1589)
* Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese daimyo (d. 1615)
* Anthony Tyrrell, Roman Catholic renegade priest and spy (d. circa 1610)
* Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (d. 1636)
* Cvijeta Zuzorić, Croatian poet (d. 1648)
* probable
* Miguel de Benavides, Spanish clergyman and sinologist (d. 1605)
* Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma, Spanish politician (d. 1625)

## Deaths[edit | edit source]

File:Fürstengang Bischöfe 48 - Heinrich II. von der Pfalz.jpg

Henry of the Palatinate

File:Heinrich V. (Mecklenburg-Schwerin).jpg

Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg

File:Franciscus de Xabier.jpg

Saint Francis Xavier

* January 3 – Henry of the Palatinate, bishop of Utrecht (b. 1487)
* January 10 – Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479)
* January 22 – Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1509)
* February 6 – Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1479)
* February 20 – Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke, English countess (b. 1515)
* February 26 – Heinrich Faber, German composer (b. 1500)
* March 29 – Guru Angad, Indian religious leader (b. 1504)
* April 19 – Olaus Petri, Swedish clergyman (b. 1493)
* April 18 – John Leland, English historian (b. 1502)[9]
* April 21 – Petrus Apianus, German astronomer (b. 1495)
* May 26 – Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (b. 1488)
* June 10 – Alexander Barclay, British poet (b. 1476)
* July 9 – György Szondy, Hungarian soldier
* August 15 – Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477)
* September 23 – Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, Landgravine of Leuchtenberg (b. 1495)
* October 14 – Oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. 1488)
* October 17 – Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (b. 1498)
* November 10 – Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg (b. 1499)
* December 3 – Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit missionary and saint (b. 1506)[10]
* December 20 – Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther (b. 1499)

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ^ Robert Balmain Mowat (1971). A History of European Diplomacy, 1451–1789. Archon Books. p. 54\. ISBN 978-0-208-01021-6.
2. ^ Fierro, Maribel, ed. (2010). "Chronology". The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 2: The Western Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiii. ISBN 978-0-521-83957-0. "Failed Ottoman attempt to conquer Hormuz."
3. ^ Grun, Bernard (1991). the Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 245. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
4. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 218–223. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
5. ^ Nicholls, Mark; Williams, Penry (September 17, 2004). "Ralegh, Sir Walter (1554–1618)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23039. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. ^ St James Press; Anthony Levi; Retired Professor of French Anthony Levi (1992). Guide to French Literature: Beginnings to 1789. St. James Press. p. 6\. ISBN 978-1-55862-159-6.
7. ^ "Rudolf II | Holy Roman emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
8. ^ Campbell, Gordon (January 1, 2005). "Bertaut, Jean". The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198601753.001.0001/acref-9780198601753-e-424. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
9. ^ John Leland; John Chandler (1998). John Leland's Itinerary: Travels in Tudor England. Sutton Pub. p. xvi. ISBN 978-0-7509-1751-3.
10. ^ Olof G. Lidin (2003). Tanegashima – The Arrival of Europe in Japan. Routledge. p. 186\. ISBN 978-1-135-78871-1.

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template