1554 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
January 5, 1554
– A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
January 25, 1554
– Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil.
February 12, 1554
– A year after claiming the throne of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason.
May 21, 1554
– A royal Charter is granted to Derby School as a grammar school for boys in Derby, England, by Queen Mary I.
July 25, 1554
– Mary I marries Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral
Who Were Born On ?
January 9, 1554
– Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
January 20, 1554
– King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
March 26, 1554
– Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
May 20, 1554
– Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594)
June 5, 1554
– Elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of Charles IX of France (d. 1592)
November 30, 1554
– Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer (d. 1586)
December 19, 1554
– Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)