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Year '''1552''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDLII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].
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== Events ==
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=== January–June ===
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* [[January 15]] – [[Henry II of France]] and [[Maurice, Elector of Saxony]], sign the [[Treaty of Chambord]].
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* [[February 12]] – [[Pedro de Valdivia]] founds the [[Chile]]an city of [[Valdivia (city)|Valdivia]], as ''Santa María la Blanca de Valdivia''.
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* [[February 24]] – The privileges of the [[Hanseatic League]] are abolished in [[Kingdom of England|England]].
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* [[March]] – The [[Act of Uniformity 1552|Act of Uniformity]] imposes the [[Protestant]] [[Book of Common Prayer]] on [[Kingdom of England|England]].
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* [[March 26]] – [[Guru Amar Das]] becomes the Third [[Sikh]] [[Guru]].
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* [[April]] – War breaks out between [[Henry II of France]] and [[Emperor Charles V]]. Henry invades the [[Duchy of Lorraine]], and captures [[Toul]], [[Metz]] and [[Verdun-sur-Meuse|Verdun]].
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* [[April 11]] – [[Metz Cathedral]] is consecrated.
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* [[April 16]] – [[Pedro de Valdivia]] founds the city of [[La Imperial, Chile]].
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* [[May]] – [[Maurice, Elector of Saxony]], captures [[Augsburg]], and almost seizes [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] at [[Innsbruck]], leading to the suspension of the [[Council of Trent]].
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=== July–December ===
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* [[July 6]]–[[July 9]] – In Hungary, [[Drégely Castle]] is attacked by the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Captain [[György Szondy]] and c. 140 soldiers in the castle die, after 4 days of fighting against 8,000 Turkish raiders.
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* [[August 2]]
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** [[John Frederick, Elector of Saxony]] and [[Philipp I of Hesse]], taken prisoner by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] in [[1546]], are released.
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** The [[Peace of Passau]] revokes the [[Augsburg Interim]] of [[1548]], and promises religious freedom to the [[Protestant]] princes.
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* [[September]] – In [[Hungary]], captain [[István Dobó]] commands the breaking of the [[Siege of Eger (1552)|Siege of Eger]], led by [[Kara Ahmed Pasha]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
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* [[September 24]] – The [[Debatable Lands]] on the border of [[England]] and [[Scotland]] are divided between the two kingdoms by a commission creating the [[Scots' Dike]] in an unsuccessful attempt to halt lawlessness here, but giving both countries their modern borders.
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* [[October 2]] – The [[Khanate of Kazan]] [[Siege of Kazan|falls to troops]] of [[Ivan IV of Russia]].
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=== Date unknown ===
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* In the [[Persian Gulf]], the [[Ottoman Empire]] Red Sea Fleet attacks the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] stronghold of [[Hormuz Island|Hormuz]], but fails to capture it.<ref>Fierro, Maribel, ed. (2010). "Chronology". The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 2: The Western Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiii. ISBN 978-0-521-83957-0. "Failed Ottoman attempt to conquer Hormuz."</ref>
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* The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]]'s [[Siege of Temesvar (1552)|capture]] the city of [[Temesvar]].
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* In [[Italy]], [[Bartolomeo Eustachi]] completes his ''Tabulae anatomicae'', presenting his discoveries on the structure of the [[inner ear]] and [[heart]],<ref>Grun, Bernard (1991). the Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 245</ref> although, for fear of the [[Inquisition]], it will not be published until [[1714]].
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* King [[Edward VI of England]] founds 35 [[Grammar schools in the United Kingdom|grammar school]]s by royal charter,<ref>Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 218–223</ref> including [[Shrewsbury School|Shrewsbury]]; [[Leeds Grammar School]] is also established.
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== Births ==
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[[File:Sir Walter Ralegh by 'H' monogrammist.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Walter Raleigh]]]]
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[[File:Rudolf2c.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Rudolph II]]]]
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[[File:Vasili IV of Russia.PNG|thumb|110px|[[Vasili IV of Russia]]]]
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* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Alberico Gentili]], Italian jurist (d. [[1608]])
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* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Walter Raleigh]], English explorer (d. [[1618]])
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* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Edward Coke]], English colonial entrepreneur and jurist (d. [[1634]])
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* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Agrippa d'Aubigné]], French poet and soldier (d. [[1630]])
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* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Melchior Klesl]], Austrian statesman and cardinal (d. [[1630]])
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* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Sengoku Hidehisa]], Japanese daimyō (d. [[1614]])
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* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Magdalene of Lippe]], Countess of Lippe by birth, and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. [[1587]])
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* [[February 28]] &ndash; [[Joost Bürgi]], Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (d. [[1632]])
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* [[March 1]] &ndash; [[Anna of Cleves (1552–1632)|Anna of Cleves]], Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by birth and by marriage Countess Palatine of Neuburg (d. [[1632]])
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* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Polykarp Leyser the Elder]], German theologian (d. [[1610]])
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* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Christoph, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch]] (d. [[1592]])
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* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Frederick IV of Liegnitz]], German noble (d. [[1596]])
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* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[Petrus Ryff]], Swiss scientist (d. [[1629]])
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* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Edmund Bowyer (died 1627)|Edmund Bowyer]], English politician (d. [[1627]])
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* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Raja Wodeyar I]], King of Mysore (d. [[1617]])
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* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[Gabriello Chiabrera]], Italian poet (d. [[1638]])
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* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[John George of Ohlau]], Duke of Oława and Wołów (1586-1592) (d. [[1592]])
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* [[June 29]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Spencer, Baroness Hunsdon]], English baroness (d. [[1618]])
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* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. [[1612]])<ref>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rudolf-II-Holy-Roman-emperor</ref>
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* [[July 22]]
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** [[Anthony Browne (1552–1592)|Anthony Browne]], Sheriff of Surrey and Kent (d. [[1592]])
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** [[Mary Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton]], Lady of English peer and others (d. [[1607]])
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* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Paolo Sarpi]], Italian writer (d. [[1623]])
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* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Qadiri]], Founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order (d. [[1654]])
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* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Lavinia Fontana]], Italian painter (d. [[1614]])
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* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[André Schott]], Brabantian Jesuit priest, academic, linguist, translator, editor (d. [[1629]])
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* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Lorenz Scholz von Rosenau]], German botanist (d. [[1599]])
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* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Barbara Longhi]], Italian painter (d. [[1638]])
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* [[September 22]] &ndash; Tsar [[Vasili IV of Russia]] (d. [[1612]])
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* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Flaminio Scala]], Italian playwright and stage actor (d. [[1624]])
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* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[Matteo Ricci]], Italian Jesuit missionary to China (d. [[1610]])
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* [[October 11]] &ndash; [[Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia (1552–1553)|Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia]], Grand Prince of Moscow (d. [[1553]])
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* [[October 18]]
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**[[Elisabeth of Saxony]], Countess Palatine of Simmern (d. [[1590]])
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**[[Francis Cherry (diplomat)|Francis Cherry]], English diplomat (d. [[1605]])
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* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Odet de Turnèbe]], French dramatist (d. [[1581]])
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* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Simón de Rojas]], Spanish saint (d. [[1624]])
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* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi]], Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (d. [[1616]])
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* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury]], English politician and Earl (d. [[1616]])
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* [[November 26]] &ndash; [[Seonjo of Joseon]], King of Joseon (d. [[1608]])
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* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire]], English politician and Earl (d. [[1626]])
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* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé]] (d. [[1588]])
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* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[Simon Forman]], English occultist and astrologer (d. [[1611]])
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* ''date unknown''
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** [[Hans von Aachen]], German mannerist painter (d. [[1615]])
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** [[Thomas Aufield]], English Catholic martyr (d. [[1585]])
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** [[Jean Bertaut]], French poet (d. [[1611]])
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** [[Philemon Holland]], English translator (d. [[1637]])
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** [[Prince Masahito]], Japanese prince (d. [[1586]])
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** [[Lady Saigō]], Japanese concubine (d. [[1589]])
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** [[Dom Justo Takayama]], Japanese daimyo (d. [[1615]])
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** [[Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul]], French diplomat (d. [[1636]])
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** [[Cvijeta Zuzorić]], Croatian poet (d. [[1648]])
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* ''probable''
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** [[Miguel de Benavides]], Spanish clergyman and sinologist (d. [[1605]])
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** [[Francisco Goméz de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma]], Spanish politician (d. [[1625]])
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== Deaths ==
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* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Henry of the Palatinate]], bishop of Utrecht (b. [[1487]])
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* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Johann Cochlaeus]], German humanist and controversialist (b. [[1479]])
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* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset]], English politician (b. [[1509]])
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* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (b. [[1479]])
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* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke]], English countess (b. [[1515]])
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* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Faber]], German composer (b. [[1500]])
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* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Guru Angad]], Indian religious leader (b. [[1504]])
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* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Olaus Petri]], Swedish clergyman (b. [[1493]])
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* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[John Leland (antiquary)|John Leland]], English historian (b. [[1502]])
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* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Petrus Apianus]], German astronomer (b. [[1495]])
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* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Sebastian Münster]], German cartographer and cosmographer (b. [[1488]])
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* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Alexander Barclay]], British poet (b. [[1476]])
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* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[György Szondy]], Hungarian soldier
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* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Hermann of Wied]], German Catholic archbishop (b. [[1477]])
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* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach]], Landgravine of Leuchtenberg (b. [[1495]])
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* [[October 14]] &ndash; [[Oswald Myconius]], Swiss Protestant reformer (b. [[1488]])
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* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Andreas Osiander]], German Protestant theologian (b. [[1498]])
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* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg]] (b. [[1499]])
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* [[December 3]] &ndash; [[Francis Xavier]], Spanish [[Jesuit]] missionary and saint (b. [[1506]])
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* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Katharina von Bora]], wife of [[Martin Luther]] (b. [[1499]])
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Latest revision as of 01:08, 20 February 2021

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Year 1552

Year 1552 (MDLII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–June

July–December

Date unknown

Births

Deaths


 

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References

  1. Fierro, Maribel, ed. (2010). "Chronology". The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 2: The Western Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiii. ISBN 978-0-521-83957-0. "Failed Ottoman attempt to conquer Hormuz."
  2. Grun, Bernard (1991). the Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 245
  3. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 218–223
  4. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rudolf-II-Holy-Roman-emperor