Nekrolog 1553
This is a list of famous people who died in 1553 . 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1st | Johannes Rivius | Pedagogue and theologian | 52 | |
| 6th January | Otto IV. | Count of Rietberg (1535–1552) | ||
| 13th January | George II | Duke of Münsterberg, Duke of Oels and Count of Glatz | 40 | |
| January 20th | Bernhard | Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim | ||
| January | Pierino da Vinci | Italian sculptor |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 4th | Caspar Othmayr | German Protestant clergyman and composer | 37 | |
| February 6th | serious | Margrave of Baden | 70 | |
| February 8 | Johann Ernst | Duke of Saxe-Coburg | 31 | |
| 19th of February | Erasmus Reinhold | German astronomer and mathematician | 41 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. March | Augustin Hirschvogel | German artist, geometer and cartographer | ||
| 7th March | Wolfgang Dachstein | German organist and lyricist | ||
| March 18th | Václav Hájek z Libočan | Bohemian chronicler of the Middle Ages | ||
| March, 20th | Markus Beck | Austrian nobleman and Chancellor of Lower Austria | 61 | |
| March 23 | Conrad von Hanstein | German nobleman and imperial officer |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5th | Anton Corvinus | Lutheran theologian, Lower Saxony reformer and state superintendent in the Duchy of Calenberg-Göttingen | ||
| 9th April | François Rabelais | Doctor, writer of the French Renaissance | ||
| 11 April | Georg von Logau | Humanist and poet |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th of May | Erasmus Alberus | German theologian, reformer and poet | ||
| May 7th | George III from Ortenburg | Provost of Freising, Canon of Freising, Augsburg and Salzburg and imperial council | ||
| May 13th | Johannes Aepinus | German Protestant theologian and reformer | ||
| May 15 | Conrad Faber from Kreuznach | German painter | ||
| May 16 | Martial Alba | French theologian and martyr | ||
| May 16 | Pierre Escrivain | French theologian and martyr | ||
| May 16 | Charles Favre | French theologian and martyr | ||
| May 16 | Pierre Navihères | French theologian and martyr | ||
| May 16 | Bernard Seguin | French theologian and martyr | ||
| 23. May | Francesco Donà | Doge of Venice |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of June | Wolf Huber | Austrian-German painter, draftsman and builder of the Renaissance | ||
| 17th of June | Peter von Spreckelsen | German lawyer, senator and mayor of Hamburg | 59 | |
| June 22 | Girolamo Marini | Italian architect and military engineer |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 6th | Edward VI. | English king (1547–1553) | 15th | |
| July 9 | Philipp Magnus of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel | Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel | 26th | |
| July 11th | Moritz | Duke, later Elector of Saxony | 32 | |
| 15th of July | Franz von Waldeck | Bishop of Osnabrück and Münster and administrator of Minden and Cologne canon | ||
| 16th of July | Kilian Leib | Prior and Humanist | 82 | |
| 16th of July | Bernardino Maffei | Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church | 39 | |
| July 18th | Orazio Farnese | Duke of Castro | ||
| July 31 | Wilhelm von Schachten | Landgrave Hessian councilor and marshal |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th of August | Girolamo Fracastoro | Italian scholar of the Renaissance, including poet and doctor | ||
| 13 August | Ludovico de Torres | Spanish Archbishop of Salerno | ||
| 17th August | Charles III | Duke of Savoy | 66 | |
| August 22nd | John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland | English nobleman | ||
| August 30th | Margaretha von Westernach | German nobles |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th September | Giovanni Mollio | Reformer and martyr | ||
| September 6th | Johannes Dubravius | Bishop of Olomouc | ||
| September 6th | Juan de Homedes | Grand Master of the Order of Malta | ||
| the 9th of September | Justinian von Holzhausen | Frankfurt patrician, councilor and mayor | 50 | |
| September 11 | Christoph Uthmann | Ore Mountains entrepreneur | 45 | |
| 13.september | Nicolaus Rehdiger | Silesian wholesaler and banker | ||
| September 14th | Philipp von Gundelsheim | Bishop of Basel |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6th | Caspar Huberinus | German Lutheran theologian | 52 | |
| October 7th | Cristóbal de Morales | Spanish composer | ||
| 15th October | Joost von Bronckhorst | Count of Bronckhorst and Lord of Borculo and Lichtenvoorde | 49 | |
| October, 16th | Lucas Cranach the Elder | German painter and graphic artist | ||
| October 17th | George III | Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Catholic priest and Protestant reformer | 46 | |
| October 19th | Bonifazio Veronese | Italian painter | ||
| October 27 | Michael Servetus | Spanish doctor, scholar, humanist and theologian | ||
| 28th of October | Giovanni Salviati | Italian cardinal of the Roman Church | 63 | |
| 30th of October | Jakob Sturm von Sturmeck | reformed mayor of Strasbourg | 64 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th of November | Lucrezia di Lorenzo de 'Medici | Daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent | 83 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of December | Ludwig von Hanau-Lichtenberg | German nobleman | 66 | |
| 10th of December | Giovanni Domenico De Cupis | Italian cardinal | ||
| December 14th | Hanibal Lucic | Croatian poet and writer of the Renaissance | ||
| 21st December | Sinan Pasha | Ottoman Grand Admiral | ||
| 25 December | Pedro de Valdivia | Spanish conquistador and governor of Chile | 56 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domenico Alfani | Italian painter | |||
| Pedro Álvarez de Toledo | Viceroy of Naples | |||
| Giorgio Andreoli | Italian sculptor, potter and majolica painter | |||
| Cornelis Anthonisz. | Dutch painter | |||
| Johann Bidembach | German official cellar and reformer | |||
| Frans Crabbe | Engraver | |||
| James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton | Scottish nobleman | |||
| Peter Feurer | Mayor of the Imperial City of Heilbronn (1551–1553) | |||
| Mateu Fletxa el Vell | Spanish composer | |||
| Hans Fuchs of Wallburg | Imperial Governor of Regensburg | |||
| Ihan Gero | Franco-Flemish composer | |||
| Franciscus irenicus | German humanist, historian and Reformation theologian | |||
| Johann Conrad von Wernau | German knight and student at Tübingen | |||
| George Joye | English Reformed clergyman | |||
| Piotr Kmita Sobieński | Polish nobleman and statesman | |||
| Laurens Laurensen | German theologian and Dominican prior | |||
| Wenceslaus Nawmann | Saxon Chancellor, Dresden Councilor and Mayor | |||
| Heinrich Never | Franciscan monk in the gray monastery in Wismar | |||
| Nikolaus Prugener | German mathematician, astronomer, Protestant theologian and reformer | |||
| Guillem Scrotes | Flemish painter | |||
| Jörg Unkair | German builder of the Renaissance | |||
| James Wedderburn | Scottish poet | |||
| Christoph Wertwein | Administrator of the Diocese of Wiener Neustadt and appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Vienna |