What happened in 1554?
39 recorded events in 1554, including 16 in people, 15 in wars & conflicts and 3 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 15
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Russo-Swedish War of 1554–1557
Part of the Russo-Swedish Wars
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Battle of Renty
1554 Habsburg-Valois battle
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Battle of Marciano
1554 battle of the Italian War of 1551–1559
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Capture of Fez
1554 battle in Africa
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Battle of Tucapel
1554 battle
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Battle of Tadla
1554 battle
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Battle of Marihueñu
1554 battle of the Arauco War in present-day central Chile
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Battle of Oshikibata
1554 battle
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Siege of Muraki
1554 siege
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Siege of Matsuo
1554 siege
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Siege of Kiso Fukushima
1554 battle
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Siege of Kannomine
1554 siege
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Siege of Iwatsurugi Castle
1554 siege
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Battle of Oued-el-Lhâm
1554 battle
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Capture of the Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera
1554 battle
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People 16
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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado died
Spanish explorer of the American southwest
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Miguel de Buría died
First black king born in the Americas
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Pedro Cieza de León died
Spanish conquistador
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Hugh Willoughby died
English polar explorer
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Pedro de Heredia died
Spanish conquistador (1505-1554)
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Duarte Coelho died
Portuguese colonial administsrator
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Francisco Hernández Girón died
Spanish conquistador
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Philip van Wilder died
Flemish composer
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Sigmund Salminger died
German printer and hymnwriter
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Richard Sampson died
English diplomat and bishop; composer
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Walter Raleigh born
Born in Hayes Barton. English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618).
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Philip Sidney born
Born in Penshurst. English poet, courtier, diplomat (1554-1586).
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Sebastian of Portugal born
Born in Ribeira Palace. King of Portugal from 1557 to 1578 (1554-1578).
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Bálint Balassi born
Born in Zvolen. Hungarian poet, writer, soldier.
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Charles of Lorraine, duke of Mayenne born
Born in Alençon. French noble (1554-1611).
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Hugh Willoughby died
Died in Varzina. English polar explorer.
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Sinan Pasha Mosque
Congregational mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Koe-thaung Temple
Largest Buddhist temple in Mrauk U, Myanmar
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1554 Luxembourg explosion
1554 gunpowder explosion in Luxembourg
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Architecture & Engineering 3
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Market Church of Our Dear Ladies
Church building in Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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Santa Maria di Portosalvo, Naples
Building in Naples, Italy
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Basílica José de Anchieta
Church building in São Paulo, Brazil
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Empires & Countries 2
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Wattasid dynasty dissolved
Wattasid dynasty ceased to exist, having been centered at Fez.
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Badis dissolved
Badis ceased to exist.
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