1544
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s – 1540s – 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1541 1542 1543 – 1544 – 1545 1546 1547 |
| 1544 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – Art – |
| Literature – Music – Poetry – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
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
- January 13 – At Västerås, the estates of Sweden swear loyalty to king Gustav Vasa and to his heirs, ending the traditional electoral monarchy in Sweden.
- 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 – The Holy Roman Empire besieges 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 is declared 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, Chile 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.
- Rats make their first appearance in North America.
- Gustav I of Sweden signs an alliance with France.
- Battle of the Shirts: The 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
| Gregorian calendar | 1544 MDXLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2297 |
| Armenian calendar | 993 ԹՎ ՋՂԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -300 – -299 |
| Bengali calendar | 951 |
| Berber calendar | 2494 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2088 |
| Burmese calendar | 906 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7052 – 7053 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年十二月初七日 (4180/4240-12-7) — to —
甲辰年十二月十八日(4181/4241-12-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 1260 – 1261 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1536 – 1537 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5304 – 5305 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1600 – 1601 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1466 – 1467 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4645 – 4646 |
| Holocene calendar | 11544 |
| Iranian calendar | 922 – 923 |
| Islamic calendar | 950 – 951 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 13 (天文13年) |
| Korean calendar | 3877 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2087 |
- January 19 – King Francis II of France (d. 1560)
- March 11 – Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1595)
- April – Thomas Fleming, English judge (d. 1613)
- May 24 – William Gilbert, English scientist (d. 1603)
- December 23 – Anna of Saxony, only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1577)
- date unknown
- Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1610)
- Thomas Hobson, English carrier and origin of the phrase "Hobson's choice" (d. 1631)
- Ikeda Tomomasa, Japanese military commander (d. 1603)
- probable
- See also Category: 1544 births.
Deaths
- March 22 – Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
- April 30 – Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1488)
- June 14 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
- July 15 – René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (b. 1519)
- September 10 – Clément Marot, French poet (b. 1496)
- September 25 – Valerius Cordus, German physician and scientist (b. 1515)
- December 9 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)
- date unknown
- probable
- Bonaventure des Périers, French author (b. 1500)
- See also Category: 1544 deaths.
References
- ↑ Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.