Famous Deaths for Year 1553
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Months in Year 1553: February April July August September October December
Deaths 1 - 17 of 17
Feb 4th - Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37
Feb 19th - Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41
Feb 25th - Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)
Apr 9th - Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49
Jul 6th - Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15
Jul 9th - Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
Jul 11th - Mauritius, duke/monarch of Saksen (1547-53), dies of injuries at 32
Aug 8th - Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)
Aug 17th - Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies
Aug 22nd - John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded
Sep 4th - Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake
Oct 7th - Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (bc. 1500)
Oct 16th - Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81
Oct 19th - Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies
Oct 27th - Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy
Oct 30th - Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489)
Dec 14th - Hanibal Lucić, Croatian writer (b. 1485)
