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Year '1554' was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1554

January - June

July - December

Undated

Births

Deaths

Events of 1554

January - June

★ January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

★ January 25 - Founding of São Paulo, Brazil

★ February - Thomas Wyatt surrenders to government forces in London.

★ February 12 - After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband.

★ March 17 - Princess Elizabeth imprisoned in The Tower.

★ April 12 - Mary of Guise becomes Regent of Scotland.

★ May 21 - Royal Charter of Derby School at Derby, England

July - December

★ July 23 - 25 - Wedding of Queen Mary I of England and King Philip of Naples, only son of Emperor Charles V in Winchester, England.

★ August 2 - Battle of Marciano. Senese-French forces are defeated by the Florentine-Imperial army.

★ August 12 - Battle of Renty. French forces led by Francis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V.

Undated

★ Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop of Turku

★ Jesuits found São Paulo in Brazil

Births

★ January 9 - Pope Gregory XV (died 1623)

★ January 20 - King Sebastian of Portugal (died 1578)

★ March - Richard Hooker, Anglican theologian (died 1600)

★ March 26 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (died 1611)

★ April - Stephen Gosson, English satirist (died 1624)

★ May 20 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (died 1594)

★ October 3 - Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (died 1628)

★ November 30 - Sir Philip Sidney, English courtier and poet (died 1586)

★ December 19 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (died 1612)

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★ James Lancaster, English navigator (died 1618)

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★ Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, and explorer (died 1618)

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★ Francis Throckmorton, English conspirator (died 1584)
: ''See also .''

Deaths

★ January 1 - Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (born c1500)

★ January 16 - Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (born c1480)

★ February 12

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★ Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (executed) (b. 1536)

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★ Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the throne of England (executed) (born 1537)

★ February 21 - Hieronymus Bock, German botanist (born 1498)

★ February 23 - Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician (executed) (born c1515)

★ March 3 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (born 1503)

★ April 11 - Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (executed) (born 1521)

★ August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)

★ September 22 - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador (born c1510)

★ December 22 - Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter (born 1498)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Leo Africanus, Sudanese writer (born 1485)

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★ Sebastiano Serlio, Italian architect (born 1475)

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★ John Taylor, Bishop of Lincoln (born 1503)
: ''See also .''