Explore 56 historical events from 1550–1559.
Shin Saimdang was a Korean artist, writer, calligraphist, and poet, who lived during the Joseon period. She was born in Gangneung, Gangwon Province. Her birth home, Ojukheon, which…
Shin Saimdang, South Korean poet and calligraphist (born 1504)
Domenico di Pace Beccafumi was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter active predominantly in Siena. He is considered one of the last undiluted representatives of the Sienese sch…
Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian painter (born 1486)
Helsinki, until about 1930 known in English by its Swedish name of Helsingfors, is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is t…
The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden
Camillus de Lellis, M.I., was an Italian Catholic priest who founded the Camillians, a religious order dedicated to the care of the sick. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XIV in t…
Camillus de Lellis, Italian saint and nurse (died 1614)
Tabin-shwë-hti, also called Black Tongue (လျှာနက်မင်း), was King of Burma from 1530 to 1550, and the founder of the First Toungoo Empire. His military campaigns (1534–1549) created…
Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (born 1516)
Jean de Lorraine was the third son of the ruling Duke of Lorraine, and a French cardinal, who was archbishop of Reims (1532–1538), Lyon (1537–1539), and Narbonne (1524–1550), bisho…
Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (born 1498)
Ashikaga Yoshiharu was the twelfth shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate from 1521 through 1546 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. He was the son of the eleventh shōgun Ashikag…
Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shōgun (born 1510)
Veronica Gambara was an Italian poet and politician. She was the ruler of the County of Correggio from 1518 until 1550.
Veronica Gambara, Italian poet (born 1485)