Necrology 1550
This is a list of famous people who died in 1550 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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January 12th | Andrea Alciato | Italian humanist | 57 | |
15. January | Philipp Schenk zu Schweinsberg | Prince Abbot of Fulda | ||
January 28th | Magnus III. | Duke of Mecklenburg (-Schwerin), Bishop of Schwerin | 40 |
February
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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February 2nd | Francis Bryan | English diplomat and cousin of Anne Boleyn | ||
13th February | Eleonora Gonzaga della Rovere | Duchess of Urbino | 56 | |
February 17th | Marcantonio Flaminio | Italian humanist | ||
20. February | Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh | English nobleman and politician of the Tudor period | ||
February 22 | Francesco III. Gonzaga | Duke of Mantua | 16 | |
February 23 | Alban Thorer | Swiss humanist |
March
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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7th March | William IV | Duke of Bavaria (1508–1550) | 56 | |
8th of March | John of God | Founder of the Order of the Brothers of Mercy | 55 | |
17. March | Leonhard von Eck | German politician | ||
March 18th | Johannes Petreius | German printer | ||
March 22 | Stephan Wild | German medic |
April
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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9th April | Alqas Mirza | Safavid prince and insurgent | 34 | |
12. April | Claude de Lorraine, duc de Guise | First Duke of Guise | 53 | |
April 13th | Johann von Malentein | Bishop of Seckau |
May
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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2.May | Georg von Carlowitz | political advisor | ||
17th of May | Johann Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach | Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of Halberstadt | 50 | |
May 18 | Jean de Lorraine | Cardinal of Lorraine | 52 | |
May 20th | Ashikaga Yoshiharu | Japanese shogun | 39 |
June
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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June 13th | Veronica Gambara | Italian poet | 64 | |
June 13th | Johann Spangenberg | Protestant theologian and reformer | 66 | |
14th June | Frans van der Dilft | Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom |
July
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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21 July | Konrad von Riden | Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | ||
21 July | Francesco Sfondrati | Italian cardinal | 56 |
August
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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3rd August | Nicolaus Kratzer | German humanist, mathematician and astronomer | ||
4th of August | Pedro Machuca | Spanish painter and architect | ||
August 28th | Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle | Habsburg lawyer and statesman |
September
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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7th of September | Niccolò Tribolo | Florentine sculptor, architect and garden designer | ||
September 8th | Hans Vischer | German sculptor and ore caster | ||
September 23rd | Innocenzo Cibo | Italian cardinal | 59 | |
25th of September | Georg von Blumenthal | Bishop of the dioceses of Lebus and Ratzeburg |
October
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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October 11th | Georg Pencz | Mannerist artist | ||
23rd October | Tiedemann Giese | German clergyman, Prince-Bishop of Warmia | 70 | |
October 26th | Ferdinand | Crown Prince of Naples and Viceroy of Valencia | 61 |
November
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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November 6th | Ulrich | Duke of Württemberg | 63 | |
November 7th | Cosmas Alder | Swiss composer of the Renaissance | ||
November 7th | Jón Arason | last Catholic bishop of Iceland | ||
November 12th | Endres II. Hirschvogel | Nuremberg merchant | ||
22nd of November | Hans Sebald Beham | German painter, engraver and draftsman | ||
November 24th | Simon Lemnius | Swiss humanist and neo-Latin poet |
December
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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December 5th | Lorenz Fries | Würzburg prince-bishop council, historian | 61 | |
6th of December | Pieter Coecke van Aelst | Flemish painter | 48 | |
9th of December | Tecuichpoch | Aztec princess, daughter of Moctezuma II, wife of two Aztec rulers | ||
20th of December | Matthias Greitter | Cantor and composer | ||
December | John Caesarius | German humanist |
Date unknown
Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
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Michael Blum | German printer | |||
Diana di Cordona | Courtesan and mistress | |||
Ixtlilxochitl II. | Ruler of the Mesoamerican city of Texcoco | |||
Vesconte Maggiolo | Genoese cartographer | |||
John Major | Scottish theologian, philosopher and author | |||
Paullu Inca | Peruvian prince | |||
Pir Sultan Abdal | Turkish-Alevi poet | |||
Georg von Polenz | Bishop of Samland, lawyer and first Protestant bishop | |||
Gérard Roussel | French humanist, religious reformer and bishop | |||
Jakob Stratner | Protestant theologian and reformer | |||
Tabinshwehti | burmese king | |||
Johann III. from Trazegnies | Dutch general and councilor, imperial chamberlain of Charles V, captain general of Hainaut, knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece | |||
Gian Giorgio Trissino | Italian poet and linguist |