1544

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s

Years: 1539 1540 1541 1542 1543 - 1544 - 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549

• 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 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.
• October 9 - French forces under the Dauphin assault Boulogne, but are ultimately unsuccessful.
• Italian botanist Luca Ghini[?] publishes the first herbarium[?]
• Founding of the University of Königsberg[?]
• 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

Births

• January 19 - King Francis II of France
• May 24 -William Gilbert, English scientist ,pioneer in the study of magnetism († 1603)
• November 27: Ascanio Trombeti[?], composer

Deaths

• Valerius Cordus[?] (* 1515)