Nekrolog 1554
This is a list of famous people who died in 1554 . 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 2nd | Johann Manuel of Portugal | Heir to the throne of Portugal | 16 | |
| January 16 | Ambrosius Moibanus | Protestant theologian and reformer | 59 | |
| January 16 | Christiern Pedersen | Danish humanist and writer | ||
| January 20th | Johann von Heydeck | General from Württemberg and Electorate of Saxony |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2nd | Georg Schilling from Cannstatt | German knight (Order of Malta), military leader and imperial prince | ||
| February 5th | Johann Scheffel | German schoolboy, lawyer, councilor and mayor of Leipzig | 52 | |
| February 6th | Arnold von Bruck | Composer and conductor | ||
| February 12th | Guildford Dudley | Husband of Lady Jane Gray, Queen of England and Ireland | ||
| February 12th | Jane Gray | Queen of England | ||
| February 17th | Johann Ghogreff | German humanist and Chancellor of Jülich-Kleve-Berg | ||
| 21st of February | Hieronymus Bock | German botanist, doctor and Lutheran preacher | ||
| 21st of February | Sibylle von Jülich-Kleve-Berg | eldest daughter of Duke Johann III, Electress of Saxony | 41 | |
| February 23 | Henry Gray, 1st Duke of Suffolk | English nobleman, father of Lady Jane Gray | 37 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Christoph Ering | preacher | ||
| 3 March | Johann Friedrich I. | Saxon Elector and Duke | 50 | |
| March 10th | Bernhardin I of Herberstein | Imperial Baron zu Neuberg and Gutenhag | ||
| the 14th of March | Christoph von Leuchtenberg | German rider colonel | ||
| March, 15 | Margaretha von Waldeck | Count's daughter | ||
| 25th March | Giovanni Battista Belluzzi | San Marinese architect | 47 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd of April | Gottfried Werner von Zimmer | German writer | 70 | |
| April 6th | Ludwig Fach | German lawyer and mayor of Leipzig | 57 | |
| 11 April | William Thomas | English scholar and participant in the Wyatt conspiracy | ||
| 11 April | Thomas Wyatt | British rebel leader at the time of Maria I. | 32 | |
| April 14th | Ludwig Bear | Catholic theologian and humanist | 74 | |
| April 18 | Johann Lindemann | German Protestant theologian | ||
| April 18 | David Lyndsay | Scottish poet | ||
| 20th of April | Francesco Bissolo | Venetian painter of the Italian Renaissance | ||
| April 23 | Gaspara Stampa | Italian poet and courtesan |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4th | Johann Eck | Protestant theologian and Franconian reformer | ||
| May 19th | Heinrich IV of Plauen | Army commander, Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia and Burgrave of Meissen | ||
| May 21 | Juan de Saavedra | Spanish conquistador | ||
| 31. May | Marcantonio Trevisan | Doge of Venice |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th of June | Hieronymus Schurff | German lawyer | 73 | |
| June 19th | Sixtus Birck | German playwright and hymn poet | 53 | |
| June 19th | Philip II | Count of Saarbrücken | 44 | |
| June 28th | Leone Strozzi | Diplomat of the Order of Malta | 38 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 19 | Sebastian Neidhart | German businessman |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th August | Theobald Billicanus | German theologian, lawyer and reformer | ||
| August 16 | Paul Wiener | Protestant clergyman and reformer in Transylvania | ||
| August 22nd | Francisco Vásquez de Coronado | Spanish conquistador | ||
| August 25 | Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk | English politician in the cabinet of Henry VIII. | ||
| 26th of August | Dietrich Loher | Carthusian, prior, theologian, mystic |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st September | Alessandro Campeggi | Italian cardinal | 50 | |
| September | Matthias Apiarius | Swiss-German printer, composer and topographer |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Jörg Herz | German goldsmith and mint master from Nuremberg | ||
| October 11th | Reinhard von Hanau-Munzenberg | Hessian nobleman | 26th | |
| October 29th | Raisin from Baden | Baden margrave princess | 67 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25. November | Johann Riebling | Protestant theologian and reformer |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | Alessandro Moretto | Italian painter and fresco artist |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvise Bassano | Italian musician | |||
| Bou Hassoun | Regent of the Wattasids (1524–1554) | |||
| Hans Brosamer | German painter, engraver, form cutter and draftsman | |||
| Pedro de Cieza de León | Spanish conquistador, chronicler and historian of Peru | |||
| Philip II of Daun-Falkenstein | German subdeacon | |||
| Sigismund Gelenius | Bohemian philologist | |||
| Hans Gerle | German lutenist and composer | |||
| Bernhard I. Göler of Ravensburg | Imperial knight and bailiff | |||
| Josel von Rosheim | rabbi | |||
| Guillaume de La Perriere | French writer, chronicler, moralist and emblematicist | |||
| Johann Lair | Founder of the first university printing house in Cambridge, England | |||
| Mikyo Dorje | eighth lama in the Karmapas incarnation | |||
| Ulrich Morhart | German book printer | |||
| John Palsgrave | English scholar | |||
| Penchen Sonam Dragpa | Tibetan scholar and clergyman of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism, Grand Abbot of Ganden | |||
| Eucharius Rösslin the Younger | German doctor | |||
| Giovanni Francesco Rustici | Italian sculptor | |||
| Jacob Schenck | Protestant theologian and reformer | |||
| Heinrich Scheve | German humanist and Roman Catholic clergyman | |||
| Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin | Governor and Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan | |||
| Caspar Volland | Lawyer and university professor | |||
| Hugh Willoughby | English navigator and expedition leader |