In the year 1550, Helsinki, the future capital of Finland, is founded by Gustav Vasa (Jun 12), chocolate is introduced to Europe (Jul 7), the first grammatical description of the French language is published by Louis Maigret, Nostradamus' first almanac is written (1550) - and all these fine people were born:
1550-xxxx William Barentsz* Dutch navigator/ cartogapher/Arctic explorer (Barents Sea) - Terscheling, Seventeen Provinces (1597/c.47)
1550-xxxx Matti Heikinpoika Seppälä** Finnish farmer/father of Jooseppi Matinpoika Seppälä - Sweden-Finland (after 1598)
1550-0101
1550-0118 Tsugaru Tamenobu* 津軽 為信 Sengoku period Japanese daimyō - Japan (1607/57)
1550-0130 Giorgio Basta* general/ diplomat/writer - La Rocca, Kingdom of Naples (1607/c. 57)
1550-0201 John Napier* mathematician/physicist/astronomer - Edinburgh, Scotland (1617/c. 66)
1550-0217 Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein* Dutch army commander - Dutch Republic (1606/56)
1550-0228
1550-0306 Michelangelo Naccherino* Italian sculptor/architect - Florence (1622/71)
1550-0308 William Drury* landowner/ politician/MP - England (1589/39)
1550-0331
1550-0409 Giulio Pace* Italian scholar/jurist - Vicenza (1635/85)
1550-0416 Francis Anthony* physician/ chemist - England (1623/73)
1550-0418 Alessandro Pieroni* Italian architect/painter - Impruneta, Tuscany (1607/57)
1550-0508 John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken* German nobleman - Meisenheim (1604/54)
1550-0510
1550-0525 Camillus de Lellis* Roman Catholic priest/patron saint of the sick, hospitals, nurses and physicians - Bucchianico, Chieti, Kingdom of Naples (1614/)
1550-0601
1550-0616 Marie Eleonore of Cleves* Duchess of Prussia/granddaughter of Ferdinand I - Cleves (1608/57)
1550-0627 Charles IX of France* King of France - Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Kingdom of France (1574/23)
1550-0703 Jacobus Gallus* Slovenian composer - Carniola, Holy Roman Empire (1591/41) (dob between 15 April and 31 July)
1550-0716 Matthia Ferrabosco (B) composer/ singer - Bologna, Papal States (1616/65)
1550-0731
1550-0806 Enrico Caetani* Italian cardinal - Sermoneta (1599/49)
1550-0808 Petrus Gudelinus* Dutch jurist - Ath, Wallonia (1619/69)
1550-0831
1550-0910 Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor* Spanish aristocrat/commander in the Spanish Armada - Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Crown of Castile (1615/64)
1550-0930 Michael Maestlin* astronomer/ mathematician/mentor of Johannes Kepler - Göppingen, Germany (1631/81)
1550-1004 Charles IX of Sweden* King of Sweden - Stockholm Castle, Kingdom of Sweden (1611/61)
1550-1025 Ralph Sherwin* Roman Catholic priest/martyr/saint - Rodsley, Derbyshire, England (1581/31)
1550-1028 Stanislaus Kostka* Polish saint - Rotskowo, Przasnysz County (1568/17)
1550-1101 Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg* Prince-Archbishop of Bremen - Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg (1585/34)
1550-1106 Karin Månsdotter* queen of Eric XIV of Sweden - Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1612/61)
1550-1130
1550-1206 Orazio Vecchi (B) Italian composer - Modena, Emilia-Romagna (1605/54)
1550-1211 Kristian Agricola* bishop of Reval/son of Mikael Agricola - Turku, Sweden-Finland (1586/35)
1550-1222 Cesare Cremonini* Italian philosopher - Cento, Papal States (1631/80)
Updated 31.3.2023-1
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