1544

Year '1544' (MDXLIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

Events of 1544

January - June

July - December

Undated

Births

Deaths

References

Events of 1544

January - June

★ April 11 - Battle of Ceresole - French forces under the Comte d'Enghien defeat Imperial forces under the Marques Del Vasto near Turin.

★ May - Emperor Charles V again invades eastern France.

★ June 19 - August 18 - Imperial siege of St. Dizier in eastern France.

July - December

★ July 19 - September 14 - English forces under Henry VIII besiege and capture Boulogne.

★ September 18 - Peace of Crépy - Peace between Charles and Francis. The war between France and England continues.

★ September 22 - Captain Juan Bautista Pastene leads the first European expedition to the estuary of Valdivia and the Bay of Corral.

★ October 9 - French forces under the Dauphin assault Boulogne, but are ultimately unsuccessful.

Undated

★ The Mongols burn the suburbs of Peking. ^[1]

★ Italian botanist Luca Ghini publishes the first herbarium.

★ The University of Königsberg is founded.

★ Hungary is invaded by the Turks for the third time and gets robbed of the crown jewels.

★ First occurrence of rats in North America.

★ Gustav I of Sweden signs an alliance with France.

★ Battle of the Shirts: Frasers and Macdonalds of Clan Ranald fight over a disputed Chiefship. Reportedly, 5 Frasers and 8 Macdonalds survive.

★ Portuguese explorers encounter the island of Taiwan and call it ''Ilha Formosa'' ("Beautiful Island").

Births

★ January 19 - King Francis II of France (died 1560)

★ March 11 - Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (died 1595)

★ April - Thomas Fleming, English judge (died 1613)

★ May 24 - William Gilbert, English scientist (died 1603)

★ December 23 - Anna of Saxony, only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (died 1577)

★ ''date unknown''

★
★ Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1610)

★
★ Thomas Hobson, English carrier and origin of the phrase "Hobson's choice" (b. 1631)

★
★ Ikeda Tomomasa, Japanese military commander (died 1603)

★ ''probable''

★
★ Sanada Masayuki, Japanese military leader (died 1611)

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★ George Whetstone, English writer (died 1587)
: ''See also .''

Deaths

★ March 22 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)

★ April 30 - Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1488)

★ June 14 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (born 1489)

★ July 15 - René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (born 1519)

★ September 10 - Clément Marot, French poet (born 1496)

★ September 25 - Valerius Cordus, German physician and scientist (born 1515)

★ December 9 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)

★ ''date unknown''

★
★ Ulick nagCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde

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★ Chen Chun, Chinese painter (b. 1483)

★
★ Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat

★
★ Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician and astronomer (born 1444)

★
★ Manco Inca Yupanqui, ruler of the Inca (born 1516)

★ ''probable''

★
★ Bonaventure des Périers, French author (born 1500)
: ''See also .''

References

1. Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.