1550

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

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

Years: 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 - 1550 - 1551 1552 1553 1554 1555

• February 7 - Julius III becomes Pope
• The first book in Slovenian, Cattechismus and Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in Tübingen, Germany.
• Nostradamus' first almanac is written.

Births

• April 22 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England[?] (+ 1604)
• June 27 - King Charles IX of France
• October 4 - King Charles IX of Sweden
• John Napier, Scottish mathematician

Deaths