Today in History for Year 1551
| ◄ May June Jul ► | ||||||
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | ||||
◄ 1550 1551 1552► | ||||||
Months in Year 1551: January March April May June July August September October December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 11 of 11
Mar 9th - Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne
Apr 11th - English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland
Apr 20th - John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal
May 1st - Council of Trente resumes
May 12th - San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
Jun 8th - Pope Julius III excommunicates Duke Ottario Farnese of Parma
Jul 8th - Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren
Jul 19th - Treaty of Karlsburg: arch duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as king of Hungary/Transsylvania
Aug 14th - Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli
Oct 16th - English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested
Dec 19th - Dutch west coast hit by hurricane
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 6 of 6
Jan 14th - Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
May 2nd - William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)
May 17th - Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist
May 17th - Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)
Sep 13th - Pandolfo Zallamella, composer
Sep 19th - Henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France (1573/4-89)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
Apr 6th - Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66
Apr 21st - Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
May 18th - Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)
May 31st - Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies
Jul 13th - John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)
Aug 26th - Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
Sep 30th - Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (b. 1507)
