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[[File:Guerra Arauco.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[March 12]]: The [[Battle of Penco]] takes place in [[Chile]] between the armies of [[Spain]] and of the indigenous [[Wallmapu|Mapuche people]].]]
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[[File:Colonisation 1550.png|thumb|300px|Colonisation of the [[New World]] in 1550]]

Year '''1550''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDL]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 6]] &ndash; Spanish Captain [[Hernando de Santana]] founds the city of [[Valledupar]], in modern-day [[Colombia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Socarrás |first1=José Francisco |title=Apuntes sobre la historia de Valledupar |date=2000 |publisher=Plaza & Janés |isbn=978-958-14-0324-0 |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qeRrAAAAMAAJ&q=%226%20de%20enero%20de%201550%22 |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] &ndash; After a [[1549–1550 papal conclave|10-week conclave]] in [[Rome]] to elect a new Pope, Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, Bishop of Palestrina, is selected on the 61st ballot after [[Reginald Pole]] of England falls two votes short of winning. Ciocchi del Monte takes the name [[Pope Julius III]] and is crowned the next day, succeeding the late [[Pope Paul III]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hall |first1=Marcia B. |title=Rome |date=18 April 2005 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-62445-9 |page=216 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gt5gtrqoKOIC&dq=Pope+Julius+III+paul+%228+february+1550%22&pg=PA216 |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 25]] &ndash; (10th day of 2nd month of Tenbun 19) In [[Ōita (city)|Oita]], [[Ōita Prefecture]], an attack within the [[Ōtomo clan]] of Japanese samurai takes place after clan leader Ōtomo Yoshikazu seeks to disinherit his oldest son and to make his third son, Ōtomo Shioichimaru, as his designated successor. Supporters of the oldest son, [[Ōtomo Sōrin|Ōtomo Yoshishige]], invade Yoshikazu's home and kill Shioichimaru and four other family members.<ref>Ryo Akagami, ''Otomo Nikai Kusuru'' ( Nihon Keizai Shimbun Publishing , February 21, 2018) ISBN 978-4532171469</ref>
* [[March 12]]
** [[Arauco War]]: [[Battle of Penco]] &ndash; Several hundred [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] and indigenous troops under the command of [[Pedro de Valdivia]] defeat an army of 60,000 [[Mapuche]] in modern-day [[Chile]].  
** [[Acapulco]] is founded by 30 families sent from [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Escudero |first1=Francisco R. |title=Origen y evolución del turismo en Acapulco |date=1998 |publisher=Universidad Americana de Acapulco |isbn=978-968-7524-02-3 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kYNAAAAYAAJ&q=%2212%20marzo%22 |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
*[[March 24]] &ndash; "[[Rough Wooing]]": England and France sign the Treaty of Boulogne, by which England withdraws from [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]] in France and returns territorial gains in Scotland.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/218|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/218 218–223]}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Sherborne School]] in England is refounded by King [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Doubleday |first1=Herbert Arthur |title=The Victoria History of the County of Warwick: Warwickshire |date=1908 |publisher=A. Constable |page=348 |isbn=978-0-19-722734-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qp44AQAAMAAJ&dq=Sherborne+School+refounded+%2229+march+1550%22&pg=PA348 |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wildman |first1=W. B. |title=A short history of Sherborne from 705 A.D |date=1902 |publisher=Bennett |location=Sherborne |page=82 |url=https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofsh00wilduoft/page/82/mode/2up?q=march |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 16]] &ndash; The [[Valladolid debate]] on the rights and treatment of [[indigenous peoples of the Americas]] by their Spanish conquerors opens at the [[Colegio de San Gregorio]] in [[Valladolid]], Castile.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Covey |first1=R. Alan |title=Chronology, Succession, and Sovereignty: The Politics of Inka Historiography and Its Modern Interpretation |journal=Comparative Studies in Society and History |date=January 2006 |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=169–199 |doi=10.1017/S0010417506000077 |s2cid=145472763 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/comparative-studies-in-society-and-history/article/abs/chronology-succession-and-sovereignty-the-politics-of-inka-historiography-and-its-modern-interpretation/BE5981DDFCD896D4ECC8BFB818A4B6EB |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en |issn=1475-2999|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=León Guerrero |first1=María Montserrat |last2=Aparicio Gervas |first2=Jesús María |title=La controversia de Valladolid (1550-1551). El concepto de igualdad del "otro" |journal=Boletín americanista |date=2018 |issue=76 |pages=135–154 |url=https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45685 |access-date=2 October 2023 |issn=0520-4100}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[List of Burmese monarchs#Toungoo (1510–1752)|King]] [[Tabinshwehti]] of Burma is assassinated by two of his bodyguards while he is on a hunting trip. The two swordsmen, sent by [[Smim Sawhtut]], Governor of Sittaung, behead the King, and a civil war begins as major governors rebel against the new Burmese King [[Bayinnaung]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=[[Hmannan Yazawin]] | volume=2 |orig-year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | year=2003 |pages=257–258 | publisher=[[Ministry of Information, Myanmar]]}}</ref>
* [[May 6]] &ndash; Italian Protestant [[Michelangelo Florio]], jailed since 1548 before being brought to trial for and sentenced to death for heresy, escapes from prison and is able flee to France.<ref>Francis A. Yates, ''John Florio, The Life of an Italian in Shakespeare's England'' (Cambridge University Press 1934)</ref>  
* [[May 15]] &ndash; The [[vestments controversy]] is resolved in the Church of England with a compromise on the style of clothing worn by Anglican priests. [[John Hooper (bishop)|John Hopper]] is allowed ordination as the Bishop of Gloucester without being required to wear Anglican vestments, but must not forbid anyone in his bishoporic from wearing the vestments if they wish.<ref>{{Citation |last =Primus |first =John Henry |title =The Vestments Controversy |publisher =J. H. Kok |year =1960 }}</ref>
* [[May 20]] &ndash; The Spanish Catalan city of [[Cullera]] is plundered by the Ottoman Empire General [[Dragut|Dragut Reis]],<ref>Pere Joan Porcar, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_72pB5_q_VAC&dq=cullera+1550&pg=PA48 Pere Joan Porcar: coses evengudes en la ciutat y regne de València: Dietari (1585-1629)]'' (Editoriales Góngora, 1934, reprinted by Universitat de València, 2012) p.48</ref> and most of its inhabitants are sold into slavery in [[Algeria]].
* [[June 12]] &ndash; The city of [[Helsinki]] (now in [[Finland]] but known as Helsingfors in [[Sweden]] at this time) is founded by King [[Gustav I of Sweden]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kent |first1=Neil |title=Helsinki: A Cultural and Literary History |date=2004 |publisher=Signal Books |isbn=978-1-902669-75-5 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYlFZE2GoBMC&q=1550 |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Capture of Mahdia (1550)]]: The Spanish Armada arrives in [[North Africa]] to begin the process of capturing the fortress of [[Mahdia]] (now in [[Tunisia]]) from control of the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name=Duro>{{cite book |last= Fernández Duro |first= Cesáreo |title= Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón |volume=I |year=1895 |publisher=Sucesores de Rivadeneyra|location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |pages=282–284}}</ref>

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 21]] &ndash; The [[Society of Jesus]] (Jesuits) is approved by [[Pope Julius III]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Malley |first1=John W. |last2=Bailey |first2=Gauvin Alexander |last3=Harris |first3=Steven J. |last4=Kennedy |first4=T. Frank |title=The Jesuits II: Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773 |date=12 May 2016 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1-4875-1207-1 |page=xxiii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0spDAAAQBAJ&q=%2221%20july%201550%22 |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[Capture of Mahdia (1550)]]: Troops commanded by Ottoman General Turgut Reis make a counterattack on the Spanish invaders, led by General Andrea Doria. Both sides sustain heavy losses, and the Spanish succeed in forcing the Ottomans to retreat back inside Mahdia.<ref name=Duro/>
* [[August 5]] &ndash; The [[University of Santa Catalina]] is authorized in [[Spain]] by a canonical bull from [[Pope Julius III]].<ref>[http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/CECLM/ARTREVISTAS/Wad/wad19Frias.pdf De Frías Balsa JV. Alcarreños graduados en la Pontificia y Real Universidad de Santa Catalina, en El Burgo de Osma (1612-1615). Wad-Al-Hayara. 1992; (19):355-72.]</ref>
* [[September 2]] (5th waning of Tawthalin 912 ME) &ndash; King [[Bayinnaung]] of [[Burma]] begins a four-month siege of the former Burmese capital, [[Toungoo]], occupied by the king's rebellious brother [[Minkhaung]].
* [[September 10]] &ndash; Spanish troops, commanded by Genoa's General [[Andrea Doria]], [[Capture of Mahdia (1550)|capture the Tunisian fortress]] of [[Mahdia]] from the Ottoman Empire after fighting that began on June 28.<ref name=Duro/>

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sauðafell]] in [[Iceland]]: [[Daði Guðmundsson]] of Snóksdalur defeats the forces of Catholic Bishop [[Jón Arason]], resulting in [[Icelandic Reformation|Iceland becoming fully Protestant]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Oleson |first1=Tryggvi J. |title=Bishop Jón Arason 1484-1550 |journal=Speculum |date=1953 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=245–278 |doi=10.2307/2849686 |jstor=2849686 |s2cid=163514382 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2849686 |access-date=5 October 2023 |issn=0038-7134|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Arason is captured; he is executed, along with his two sons, on November 7. 
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Altan Khan]] crosses the [[Great Wall of China]] and besieges [[Beijing]], burning the suburbs.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haw |first1=Stephen G. |title=Beijing – A Concise History |date=22 November 2006 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-15033-5 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8J8AgAAQBAJ&q=1550 |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Luis de Velasco, 2nd Viceroy of New Spain|Luis de Velasco]] becomes the second [[List of viceroys of New Spain|Viceroy of New Spain]], which encompasses all Spanish territory in North America and Central America. Velasco succeeds [[Antonio de Mendoza]], the first Viceroy, who has been ordered to become the [[Viceroy of Peru]].
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Bhuvanaikabahu VII of Kotte|Bhuvanaikabahu VII]], King of [[Kingdom of Kotte|Kotte]] on most of the island of [[Sri Lanka]], is assassinated by a gunman hired by the government of [[Portuguese India]].<ref>{{cite book|last=De Qyeyroz|first=Fernao|title=Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon|publisher=A. C. Richards |date= 1930 |page=293}}</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* The [[summit level canal]] between the [[Alster]] and the [[Trave]] in Germany ceases to be navigable.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alster-Beste Kanal (Alster-Trave-Kanal.)|url=http://lost.eb2a.com/alster.html?i=1|work=Lost Canals of Schleswig-Holstein|date=2007-05-29|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref>
* The first grammatical description of the [[French language]] is published by [[Louis Maigret (grammarian)|Louis Maigret]].<ref>{{cite thesis |first=KINTZING |last=Emmons Jr. |date=1972 |title=THE GRAMMAR OF LOUIS MEIGRET: ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF FRENCH LINGUISTICS |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/cb148de933235340771b92bf32ccaa88/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y|type=Ph.D. |chapter=Preface |publisher=Cornell University |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>
* The first book in [[Slovene language|Slovene]], ''[[Catechismus]]'', written by [[Protestant]] reformer [[Primož Trubar]], is printed in [[Schwäbisch Hall]], [[Holy Roman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Joze Krasovec|title=The Interpretation of the Bible: The International Symposium in Slovenia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jiukF7F_r3cC&pg=PA1078|date=1 October 1999|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-567-34563-9|pages=1078}}</ref>
* [[Nostradamus]]' first [[almanac]] is written.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Ian |title=Nostradamus : the man behind the prophecies |date=2002 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-31790-4 |page=59 |url=https://archive.org/details/nostradamusmanbe0000wils/page/58/mode/2up?q=1550 |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
* Approximate date &ndash; The discovery of [[silver]] at [[Guanajuato]] in [[Mexico]] stimulates silver rushes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bethell |first1=Leslie |title=Colonial Spanish America |date=7 May 1987 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-34924-6 |page=206 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozE7AAAAIAAJ&dq=silver+rushes+Zacatecas+Guanajuato+%221550%22&pg=PA206 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
[[File:Paul V Caravaggio.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Pope Paul V]]]]
[[File:Ana de San Bartolom%C3%A9.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Anne of Saint Bartholomew]]]]
[[File:Charles IX of Sweden.jpg|thumb|110px|King [[Charles IX of Sweden]]]]
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Tsugaru Tamenobu]], Japanese daimyō (d. [[1607]])
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein]], Dutch army commander (d. [[1606]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tamse |first1=C. A. |title=Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis |date=1979 |publisher=A. W. Sijthoff |isbn=978-90-218-2447-5 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdVoAAAAMAAJ&q=%2217%20februari%201550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=nl}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg]] (d. [[1616]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lipsius |first1=Justus |title=Iusti Lipsi epistolae |date=1978 |publisher=Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België |isbn=978-90-6569-655-7 |page=378 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c7UGAQAAIAAJ&q=%2222%20februari%201550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=nl}}</ref>
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Michelangelo Naccherino]], Italian sculptor (d. [[1622]])<ref>{{cite web |title=NACCHERINO, Michelangelo |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/michelangelo-naccherino_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/ |website=Treccani |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[William Drury (MP for Suffolk)|William Drury]], English politician (d. [[1590]])<ref>{{cite web |title=DRURY, Sir William (1550-90) |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/drury-sir-william-1550-90 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[Andrés Pacheco]], Spanish churchman and theologian (d. [[1626]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Collado |first1=Ángel Fernández |title=Obispos de la provincia de Toledo (1500-2000) |date=2000 |publisher=I.T. San Ildefonso |isbn=978-84-920769-7-0 |page=68 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WrV6aewlgZQC&dq=Andr%C3%A9s+Pacheco+%225+de+abril+de+1550%22&pg=PA68 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Giulio Pace]], Italian philosopher (d. [[1635]])<ref>{{cite web |title=PACE, Giulio |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giulio-pace_(Dizionario-Biografico) |website=Treccani |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford]], Lord Great Chamberlain of England (d. [[1604]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nelson |first1=Alan H. |title=Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford |date=1 August 2003 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=978-1-78138-772-6 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rnRvEAAAQBAJ&q=12%20april%201550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Francis Anthony]], English apothecary and physician (d. [[1623]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stephen |first1=Leslie |last2=Lee |first2=Sir Sidney |title=The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900 |date=1908 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=519 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ozc8AAAAIAAJ&dq=Francis+Anthony+%2216+april+1550%22&pg=PA519 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Pieroni]], Italian painter (d. [[1607]])<ref>{{cite web |title=PIERONI, Alessandro |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/alessandro-pieroni_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ |website=Treccani |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]] (d. [[1604]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Kollectaneen-Blatt für die Geschichte Bayerns, insbesondere des ehemaligen Herzogtums Neuburg: insbesondere für die Geschichte der Stadt Neuburg |date=1864 |publisher=Grießmayer |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ftFGAAAAcAAJ&dq=Johann+I.+pfalz+%228+mai+1550%22&pg=PA7 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Camillus de Lellis]], Italian saint and nurse (d. [[1614]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Todesco |first1=Luigi |title=Storia della Chiesa: La Chiesa al tempo del Rinascimento e della riforma |date=1958 |publisher=Marietti |page=350 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O1ObPtdZ9ZgC&q=%2225%20maggio%201550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Marie Eleonore of Cleves]], Duchess consort of Prussia (1573–1608) (d. [[1608]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kuhl |first1=Joseph |title=Der Jülicher kirchenstreit im 15. und 16. jahrhundert |date=1902 |publisher=P. Hanstein |page=57 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBTWn282-gkC&dq=Marie+Eleonore+%2216+juni+1550%22&pg=PA57 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[June 27]] &ndash; King [[Charles IX of France]] (d. [[1574]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Alexandre Dumas|title=La Reine Margot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bvvDZvtzKzYC&pg=PA510|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-283844-5|pages=510|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Johannes van den Driesche]], Flemish Protestant clergyman and scholar (d. [[1616]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Herzog |first1=Johann Jakob |title=Realencyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche |date=1898 |publisher=J.C. Hinrichs |page=46 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEs9UqBFem4C&dq=Johannes+van+den+Driesche+%2228+juni+1550%22&pg=PA46 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[July 3]] &ndash; [[Jacobus Gallus]], Slovenian composer (d. [[1591]])
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Enrico Caetani]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1599]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 18, 1585 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1585-ii.htm#Caetani |website=cardinals.fiu.edu |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 8]] &ndash; [[Petrus Gudelinus]], Belgian jurist (d. [[1619]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden, bevattende levensbeschrijvingen van zoodanige personen, die zich op eenigerlei wijze in ons vaderland hebben vermaard gemaakt |date=1878 |publisher=Van Brederode |page=534 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4dEZ6-sCmMC&dq=Petrus+Gudelinus+%228+augustus+1550%22&pg=PA534 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=nl}}</ref>
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia]], commander of the Spanish Armada (d. [[1615]])
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul V]] (d. [[1621]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charles George Herbermann|author2=Edward Aloysius Pace|author3=Condé Bénoist Pallen|title=The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQkjAQAAIAAJ|year=1913|publisher=Encyclopedia Press|page=581}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[Joachim Frederick of Brieg]], Duke of Wołów (1586–1602) (d. [[1602]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boniecki |first1=Michał |title=Książęta szlązcy z domu Piastów: przyczynek do historyi rodzin panujących w Polsce, zebrany i ułożony przewaźnie z niemieckich źródeł. Zawiera okres od 1339 do 1612 roku. Część II-ga |date=1875 |publisher=Ed. Wende |page=355 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6NJhAAAAcAAJ&dq=Joachim+Fryderyk+%2229+wrze%C5%9Bnia+1550%22&pg=PA355 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=pl}}</ref>
* [[September 30]] &ndash; [[Michael Maestlin]], German astronomer and mathematician (d. [[1631]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Seck |first1=Friedrich |title=Wissenschaftsgeschichte um Wilhelm Schickard: Vorträge bei dem Symposion der Universität Tübingen im 500. Jahr ihres Bestehens am 24. und 25. Juni 1977 |date=1981 |publisher=Franz Steiner Verlag |isbn=978-3-16-444151-3 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-idGOW1OqoC&dq=Michael+Maestlin+%2230+september+1550%22&pg=PA9 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Anne of Saint Bartholomew]], Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun (d. [[1626]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia |date=1917 |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia. |page=526 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oM82AQAAMAAJ&dq=Ana+de+San+Bartolom%C3%A9+%221+de+octubre+de+1550%22&pg=PA526 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[October 4]] &ndash; King [[Charles IX of Sweden]] (d. [[1611]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Grolier Incorporated|title=Academic American encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QI0xAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Grolier|isbn=978-0-7172-2047-2|page=297}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Antonio Zapata y Cisneros]], Spanish cardinal (d. [[1635]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of June 9, 1604 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1604.htm |website=cardinals.fiu.edu |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Ralph Sherwin (priest)|Ralph Sherwin]], English Roman Catholic priest (martyred [[1581]])
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Stanislaus Kostka]], Polish saint (d. [[1568]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Leven van den heiligen Stanislaus Kostka: novice van het gezelschap van Jezus |date=1878 |publisher=Mosmans |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abZmAAAAcAAJ&q=%20%2228%20october%201550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=nl}}</ref>
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg]], Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabruck and Paderborn (d. [[1585]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schöne |first1=Armin |title=Die Erzbischöfe von Bremen und ihr Haus und Amt Langwedel: Geistliche und weltliche Herrschaft im Alten Reich, Band 1 |date=12 May 2016 |publisher=Edition Falkenberg |isbn=978-3-95494-088-2 |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zT3kCwAAQBAJ&dq=Heinrich+von+Sachsen-Lauenburg+1+november+1550&pg=PA281 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Karin Månsdotter]], Swedish queen (d. [[1612]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ahlqvist |first1=Alfred Gustaf |title=Karin Månsdotter |date=1874 |publisher=Central-tryckeriets förlag |page=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8UT_fj-MPeIC&q=%226%20november%201550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=sv}}</ref>
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona]], Spanish diplomat (d. [[1606]])
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Orazio Vecchi]], Italian composer (d. [[1605]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Orazio Vecchi |date=1950 |publisher=Accademia di scienze, lettere e arti |location=Modena |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_qFEAAAAMAAJ&q=%226%20dicembre%201550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[December 7]] &ndash; Lithuanian noble [[Barbara Radziwiłł]], wife of [[Sigismund II Augustus]], King of Poland and Duke of Lithuania since 1547, has an elaborate coronation in [[Kraków]] as Queen consort and Grand Duchess, five months before her death at the age of 30.<ref>{{cite book |first=Robert |last=Frost |title=The Oxford History of Poland-Lithuania. Volume I: The Making of the Polish-Lithuanian Union, 1385-1569 |year=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-820869-3 }}</ref>
* [[December 21]]
** [[Aegidius Hunnius]], German theologian (d. [[1603]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Seybold |first1=David Christoph |title=Zweihundert Hochachtbare Württemberger und unter ihnen weltberühmte |date=1892 |publisher=Grüninger |page=72 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owiBwuVcK4cC&dq=Aegidius+Hunnius+%2221+december+1550%22&pg=PA72 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
** [[Man Singh I]], Mughal noble (d. [[1614]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhaṭṭ |first1=Rājendra Śaṅkara |title=Udaya Siṃha, Pratāpa Siṃha, Amara Siṃha, Mevāṛa ke Mahārāṇā aura Śāhaṃśāha Akabara: prācina ghaṭanāoṃ kā arvācīna adhyayan |date=1976 |publisher=Sphaṭika Saṃsthāna |page=213 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNIrAQAAIAAJ&q=%2221%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%201550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=hi}}</ref>
* [[December 22]] &ndash; [[Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)|Cesare Cremonini]], Italian philosopher (d. [[1631]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Archivio Veneto |date=1883 |publisher=Deputazione |page=439 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyGoh0P2BYUC&dq=Cesare+Cremonini+%2222+dicembre+1550%22&pg=PA439 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[Vicente Espinel]], Spanish writer (d. [[1624]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haley |first1=George |title=Vicente Espinel y Marcos de Obregón: biografía, autobiografía y novela |date=1994 |publisher=Diputación Provincial de Málaga |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9tYF3L7qmBoC&q=%2228%20de%20diciembre%20de%201550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[Abu al-Abbas Ahmad III]], the Sultan of [[Ifriqiya]] (now Tunisia), signs a six-year treaty with Spain.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brogini |first1=Anne |last2=Ghazali |first2=Maria |title= Un enjeu espagnol en Méditerranée : les présides de Tripoli et de La Goulette au XVIe siècle |journal=Crises, Conflicts and Wars in the Mediterranean |date=2005 |volume=1 |issue=70 |page=87 |url= https://journals.openedition.org/cdlm/840 |doi=10.4000/cdlm.840 |access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref> 
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[García de Silva Figueroa]], Spanish diplomat and traveller (d. [[1624]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Alonso |first1=Carlos |title=La embajada a Persia de D. García de Silva y Figueroa (1612-1624) |date=1993 |publisher=Departamento de Publicaciones, Excma. Diputación Provincial de Badajoz |isbn=978-84-7796-851-1 |page=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fht_ClWIBjcC&q=%2229%20de%20diciembre%20de%201550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[Henry I, Duke of Guise]] (d. [[1588]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williamson |first1=Jayne Maloof |title=The War of the Three Henries: Why?: The Motives Prompting Henri de Navarre, Henry de Guise, and Henri III to Engage in War, 1585-1589 |date=1968 |publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qGdmAAAAMAAJ&q=Henry+I+%2231+december+1550%22 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[Jacob ben Isaac Ashkenazi]], Polish Jewish author (d. [[1625]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Landman |first1=Isaac |title=The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia in 10 Volumes: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times |date=1939 |publisher=Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated |page=544 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7dtAAAAMAAJ&dq=Jacob+ben+Isaac+Ashkenazi+%221550%22&pg=PA544 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Willem Barentsz]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[navigator]] and [[explorer]] (d. [[1597]])
** [[Anselmus de Boodt]], Belgian mineralogist and physician (d. [[1632]])<ref>{{cite web |title=[Boodt, Anselmus Boëtius de] |url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/molh003nieu06_01/molh003nieu06_01_0254.php |website=DBNL |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=nl}}</ref>
** [[Matthijs Bril]], Flemish painter (d. [[1583]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ruby |first1=Louisa Wood |title=Paul Bril: The Drawings |date=1999 |publisher=Brepols |isbn=978-2-503-50577-0 |page=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B3_qAAAAMAAJ&q=1550 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Helena Antonia]], Austrian court dwarf  (d. [[1595]])
** [[Sarsa Dengel]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] (d. [[1597]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adejumobi |first1=Saheed A. |title=The History of Ethiopia |date=30 December 2006 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-08823-0 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7rjOEAAAQBAJ&dq=Sarsa+Dengel+%221550%22&pg=PA169 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]], Irish rebel (d. [[1616]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Faoláin |first1=Seán |title=The great O'Neill, a biography of Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616 |date=1942 |publisher=Duell, Sloan and Pearce |location=New York |page=361 |url=https://archive.org/details/greatoneill0000unse/page/360/mode/2up?q=1550 |access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
** [[John Napier]], Scottish mathematician (d. [[1617]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Havil |first1=Julian |title=John Napier: Life, Logarithms, and Legacy |date=5 October 2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5218-5 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gb7BAwAAQBAJ&q=1550 |access-date=3 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''probable''
** [[Robert Balfour (philosopher)|Robert Balfour]], Scottish philosopher (d. [[1625]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Forbes-Leith |first1=William |title=Pre-reformation Scholars in Scotland in the XVIth Century: Their Writings and Their Public Services : with a Bibliography and a List of Graduates from 1500 to 1560 |date=1915 |publisher=J. MacLehose |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=haFDAAAAIAAJ&dq=Robert+Balfour+%221550%22&pg=PA95 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Henry Barrowe]], English Puritan and Separatist (d. [[1593]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Barrow, Henry |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-1540|year=2004 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1540}}</ref>
** [[Emilio de' Cavalieri]], Italian composer (d. [[1602]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Comerford |first1=Kathleen |title=Jesuit Foundations and Medici Power, 1532–1621 |date=7 November 2016 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-30057-6 |page=79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHxyDQAAQBAJ&dq=Emilio+de%27+Cavalieri+%221550%22&pg=PA79 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Cornelis Corneliszoon]], Dutch inventor of the [[sawmill]] (d. c. [[1600]])
** [[Philip Henslowe]], English theatrical entrepreneur (d. [[1616]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carson |first1=Neil |title=A Companion to Henslowe's Diary |date=5 January 2004 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-54346-0 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGieHbn2mBcC&dq=Philip+Henslowe+%221550%22+lindfield&pg=PA1 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Brianda Pereira]], Azorean Portuguese heroine (d. [[1620]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:John of god murillo.jpg|thumb|110px|Saint [[John of God]]]]
* [[January 12]] &ndash; [[Andrea Alciato]], Italian jurist and writer (b. [[1492]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mearns |first1=James |title=A consultation by Andrea Alciato on the laws of war |journal=Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d'histoire du droit / The Legal History Review |date=23 October 2014 |volume=82 |issue=1–2 |pages=100–140 |doi=10.1163/15718190-08212p08 |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/lega/82/1-2/article-p100_10.xml |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=en |issn=0040-7585|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah]], second ruler of Golconda
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], Lutheran administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin (b. [[1509]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Raabe |first1=Wilhelm |title=Mecklenburgische vaterlandskunde: Abriss der mecklenburgischen geschichte von der ältesten bis auf die neueste zeit von staatskunde beider Mecklenburg |date=1896 |publisher=Hinstorff'sche hofbuchandlung verlagsconto |page=238 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Occ9AAAAYAAJ&dq=Magnus+III+%2228+januar+1550%22&pg=PA238 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua]] (b. [[1533]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Miscellanea di storia italiana |date=1871 |publisher=R. Deputazione sovra gli studi di storia patria per le antiche provincie e la Lombardia |page=170 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cy7oIZ14jysC&dq=Francesco+III+Gonzaga+%2222+febbraio+1550%22&pg=PA170 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[William IV, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. [[1493]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haeutle |first1=Christian |title=Die Wittelsbacher als Herzoge, Kurfürsten und Könige von Bayern: vom Jahre 1180 an bis herab auf unsere Zeit ; geschichtliche Skizzen und Bilder aus Anlaß des siebenhundertjährigen Wittelsbachischen Regierungs-Jubiläums in Bayern ; nach acht Gruppen entworfen und zusammengereiht |date=1880 |publisher=Reichel |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7S0lOiMO2LUC&q=7%20marz%201550 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[John of God]], Spanish friar and saint (b. [[1495]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=GOLDIN |first1=GRACE |title=Juan de Dios and the Hospital of Christian Charity |journal=Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences |date=1978 |volume=XXXIII |issue=1 |pages=6–34 |doi=10.1093/jhmas/XXXIII.1.6 |pmid=344388 |url=https://academic.oup.com/jhmas/article-abstract/XXXIII/1/6/805271 |access-date=4 October 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Claude, Duke of Guise]], French soldier (b. [[1496]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The New Encyclopaedia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9vXiAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|isbn=978-0-85229-961-6|page=559|language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Innocenzo Cybo]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1491]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of September 23, 1513 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1513.htm#Cibo |website=cardinals.fiu.edu |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] &ndash; King [[Tabinshwehti]] of Burma (b. [[1516]])
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine]], French churchman (b. [[1498]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hamy |first1=Alfred |title=Entrevue de François Premier Avec Henry VIII, À Boulogne-sur Mer, en 1532: Intervention de la France Dans L'affaire Du Divorce, D'après Un Grand Nombre de Documents Inédits |date=1898 |publisher=Librarie de Lucien Gougy |page=ccvi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G8ZMAQAAMAAJ&dq=Jean+de+Lorraine+%2218+mai+1550%22&pg=PR206 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshiharu]], Japanese shōgun (b. [[1511]])<ref>{{cite book |title=足利義晴の群像 |publisher=歴史研究会 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pYwpEAAAQBAJ&dq=%E8%B6%B3%E5%88%A9%E7%BE%A9%E6%99%B4%E3%80%8C1550%E5%B9%B45%E6%9C%8820%E6%97%A5%E3%80%8D&pg=PA7 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=ja}}{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2024}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=February 2024}}
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Veronica Gambara]], Italian poet (b. [[1485]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Giordani |first1=Gaetano |title=Della venuta e dimora in Bologna del sommo pontifice Clemente vii. per la coronazione di Carlo v. imperatore celebrata l'anno mdxxx |date=1842 |publisher=Alla Volpe |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzMOAAAAQAAJ&dq=Veronica+Gambara+%2213+giugno+1550%22&pg=RA1-PA55 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[July 19]] (probable date) &ndash; [[Jacopo Bonfadio]], Italian historian, executed (b. c. [[1508]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Atti della Società ligure di storia patria |date=1908 |publisher=Società ligura di storia patria |page=365 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iVNIAAAAYAAJ&dq=Jacopo+Bonfadio+%2219+luglio+1550%22&pg=PA365 |access-date=4 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra]] (b. [[1481]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aragão |first1=Augusto Carlos Teixeira de |title=Vasco da Gama e a Vidigueira: estudo historico |date=1898 |publisher=Imprensa Nacional |page=13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ny3n6ikajTQC&dq=Jorge+de+Lencastre+%2222+de+julho+de+1550%22&pg=PA13 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton]], English politician (b. [[1505]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Drees |first1=Clayton |title=Henry VIII: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works |date=15 April 2022 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-2284-6 |page=240 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdhyEAAAQBAJ&dq=Thomas+Wriothesley+%2230+july+1550%22&pg=PA240 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Antonio Ferramolino]], Italian architect and military engineer<ref>{{cite book |title=Rivista italiana di filosofia |date=1897 |publisher=Accademia nazionale dei Lincei |page=248 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJ9uKVOb29UC&dq=Antonio+Ferramolino+%2218+agosto+1550%22&pg=PA248-IA4 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria]] (b. [[1488]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Revista de archivos, bibliotecas y museos |date=1919 |publisher=Montepio del Cuerpo Facultativo del Ramo |page=248 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OH8lAQAAIAAJ&dq=Fernando,+duque+de+Calabria+%2226+de+octubre+de+1550%22&pg=PA248 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Tiedemann Giese]], Polish Catholic bishop (b. [[1480]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Michałowska |first1=Teresa |title=Łacińska poezja w dawnej Polsce |date=1995 |publisher=IBL |isbn=978-83-85605-36-2 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a7AXAQAAIAAJ&q=Tiedemann+Giese+%2223+pa%C5%BAdziernika+1550%22 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=pl}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Louis of Valois (1549-1550)|Louis of Valois]], French prince (b. [[1549]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Histoire genealogique et héraldique des Pairs de France |date=1829 |publisher=Imp. Plassant |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v7tCrL1yS2QC&dq=Louis+de+France+%2224+octobre+1550%22&pg=RA2-PA90 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Samuel Maciejowski]], Polish Catholic bishop (b. [[1499]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Uchańsciana seu collectio documentorum, illusrantium vitam et res gestas Jacobi Uchański |date=1895 |publisher=J. Berger |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hg5MAAAAYAAJ&dq=Samuel+Maciejowski+%2226+pa%C5%BAdziernika+1550%22&pg=PA90 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=pl}}</ref>
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg]] (b. [[1487]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brady |first1=Thomas A. |title=Protestant Politics: Jacob Sturm (1489-1553) and the German Reformation |date=1995 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-0-391-03823-3 |page=357 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v6pWtQXv2XwC&dq=Ulrich+%226+november+1550%22&pg=PA357 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Jón Arason]], last Catholic bishop of [[Iceland]] (b. [[1484]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kalinke |first1=Marianne E. |title=The Book of Reykjahólar: The Last of the Great Medieval Legendaries |date=1 January 1996 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-7814-8 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EhBVs4qFYTYC&dq=J%C3%B3n+Arason+%227+november+1550%22&pg=PA25 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Pieter Coecke van Aelst]], Flemish painter (b. [[1502]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Tentoonstelling Dirk Martens, 1473-1973: Tentoonstelling over het werk, de persoon en het milieu van Dirk Martens, ingericht bij de herdenking van het verschijnen te Aalst in 1473 van het eerste gedrukte boek in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden. Aalst, Stedelijk Museum-Oud Hospitaal, 1 september-31 oktober 1973 |date=1973 |publisher=Stadsbestuur |page=152 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_51jMG7RkPkC&q=%226%20december%201550%22 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=nl}}</ref>
* [[December 8]] &ndash; [[Gian Giorgio Trissino]], Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b. [[1478]])<ref>{{cite web |title=TRISSINO, Giovan Giorgio |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovan-giorgio-trissino_(Dizionario-Biografico) |website=www.treccani.it |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
* [[December 29]] &ndash; [[Bhuvanaikabahu VII of Kotte|Bhuvanaikabahu VII]], King of Kotte (b. [[1468]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Queyroz |first1=Fernão de |title=The temporal and spiritual conquest of Ceylon |date=1975 |publisher=AMS Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-404-09630-4 |page=293 |url=https://archive.org/details/temporalspiritua0000quey/page/292/mode/2up |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Aq Kubek of Astrakhan]], ruler of Astrakhan Khanate

== References ==
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