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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.

Famous Birthdays in 1553

• 22nd January » Mōri Terumoto, Japanese warlord (d. 1625)
• 29th March » Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek poet (d. 1614)
• 30th April » Louise of Lorraine (d. 1601)
• 14th May » Margaret of Valois (d. 1615)
• 6th June » Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
• 15th July » Archduke Ernest of Austria (d. 1595)
• 23rd November » Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
• 13th December » Henry IV of France (d. 1610)

Famous Deaths in History for 1553

• 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)

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