26th March » Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
2nd October » Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
Famous Birthdays in 1552
14th January » Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
22nd January » Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, spy and explorer (d. 1618)
1st February » Edward Coke, English judge and politician (d. 1634)
19th February » Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (d. 1630)
28th February » Jost Bürgi, Swiss mathematician and clockmaker (d. 1632)
15th April » Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1626)
8th June » Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1638)
18th July » Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1612)
24th August » Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
6th October » Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary (d. 1610)
31st December » Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
Famous Deaths in History for 1552
22nd January » Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English general and politician, Lord High Treasurer known as Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1500)
26th February » Heinrich Faber, German composer (b. 1500)