1552
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January 15 -
Henry II of France and
Maurice of Saxony sign the
Treaty of Chambord.
*
February 24 - The privileges of the
Hanseatic League are abolished in
England.
* March - The
Act of Uniformity imposes the
Protestant prayerbook in
England.
* April - War erupts between
Henry II of France and
Emperor Charles V. Henry invades
Lorraine and captures
Toul,
Metz, and
Verdun.
* May -
Maurice of Saxony captures
Augsburg and almost seizes
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at
Innsbruck.
*
August 2 -
John Frederick, Elector of Saxony and
Philipp I of Hesse, taken prisoner by
Charles V in
1546, are released.
*
August 2 -
Peace of Passau revokes the
Augsburg Interim of
1548 and promises religious freedom to the
Protestant princes.
*
October 2 -
Khanate of Kazan falls to troops of
Ivan IV of Russia.
* In
Hungary,
Eger is defended against the
Turks.
* In the
Persian Gulf, the
Ottoman Empire Red Sea Fleet attacks the
Portuguese stronghold of
Hormuz but fails to capture it.
*
Spain's
Bartolomé de Las Casas publishes his attack on colonial practices in the
New World,
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies.
* In
Italy,
Bartolomeo Eustachi makes important discoveries on the structure of the
ear and
heart.
*
February 1 -
Edward Coke, English colonial entrepreneur and jurist (died
1634)
*
February 8 -
Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (died
1630)
*
February 19 -
Melchior Klesl, Austrian statesman and cardinal (died
1630)
*
February 28 -
Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (died
1632)
*
April 15 -
Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (died
1626)
*
June 18 -
Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (died
1637)
*
July 18 -
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (died
1612)
*
August 24 -
Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (died
1614)
*
October 6 -
Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary to China (died
1610)
*
December 30 -
Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (died
1611)
*
Hans von Aachen, German mannerist painter (died
1615)
*
Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (died
1585)
*
Jean Bertaut, French poet (died
1611)
*
Henri I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (died
1588)
*
Philemon Holland, English translator (died
1637)
*
Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma, Spanish politician (died
1625)
*Tsar
Vasili IV of Russia (d.
1612)
*
Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese daimyo (died
1615)
*
Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (died
1636)
*
Jack Ward, English pirate (died
1622)
See also :Category: 1552 births.*
January 10 -
Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (born
1479)
*
February 26 -
Heinrich Faber, German composer (born
1500)
*
April 18 -
John Leland, English historian (born
1502)
*
June 10 -
Alexander Barclay, British poet (born
1476)
*
August 15 -
Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (born
1477)
*
October 14 -
Oswald Myconius, Swiss protestant reformer (born
1488)
*
December 2 -
Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born
1506)
*
Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (born
1488)
*
Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (born
1498)
*
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English politician (born
1509)
*
Philippe Verdelot, French composer (born
1475)
*
Edward Edward Wotton, English zoologist (born
1492)
See also :Category: 1552 deaths.
