What Happened In 1553 - Historical Events 1553

Historical Events for the Year 1553

10th July » Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
19th July » Lady Jane Grey is replaced by Mary I of England as Queen regnant known as Queen of England after only nine days on the throne.
13th August » Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a Heresy in Christianity named heretic.
1st October » Coronation of Queen Mary I of England.
27th October » Condemned as a Heresy known as heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
13th November » Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer and four others, including Lady Jane Grey, are accused of high treason and sentenced to death under Catholic Mary I of England called Queen "Bloody" Mary I.
25th December » Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spain or Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.

19th February » Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)
25th February » Hirate Masahide, Japanese samurai (b. 1492)
9th April » François Rabelais, French monk and scholar (b. 1494)
22nd May » Giovanni Bernardi, Italian gem engraver (b. 1494)
6th July » Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
9th July » Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
22nd August » John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1504)
7th October » Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
27th October » Michael Servetus, Spanish physician and theologian (b. 1511)
30th October » Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German politician (b. 1489)
14th December » Hanibal Lucić, Croatian poet and playwright (b. 1485)
25th December » Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish-Chilean explorer and politician, 1st Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1500)