Metz Cathedral in Metz, Lorraine, France
In the year 1552, the privileges of the Hanseatic League are abolished in England (Feb 24), Metz Cathedral is consecrated (Apr 11), Ivan the Terrible conquers Khanate of Kazan (Oct 15), King Edward VI of England founds 35 grammar schools by royal charter, Bartolomeo Eustachi presents his discoveries in Tabulae anatomicae on the structure of the inner ear and heart (but the fear of the Inquisition delays its publication until 1714) - and all these fine people were born:
1552-0114 Alberico Gentili* Italian jurist/tutor of Queen Elizabeth I/the “Father of international law” - San Ginesio, Macerata (1608/56)
1552-0122 Walter Raleigh* soldier/ explorer/statesman/played a leading part in English colonisation of North America - East Budleigh, Devon, England (1618/66) (alt year of birth 1554)
1552-0201 Edward Coke* barrister/ judge/politician - Mileham, Norfolk, England (1634/82)
1552-0208 Agrippa d’Aubigné* poet/ soldier/propagandist/chronicler - Château de Saint-Maury, Kingdom of France (1630/78)
1552-0220 Sengoku Hidehisa* 仙石 秀久 samurai of the Sengoku and Edo periods - Japan (1612/60)
1552-0228 Jost Bürgi* Swiss clockmaker/mathematician - Lichtensteig, Toggenburg (1632/79)
1552-0306 Seved Ribbing* civil servant/Lord High Treasurer of Sweden - Swedish Empire (1613/61)
1552-0318 Polykarp Leyser the Elder* German theologian/chief court-preacher - Winnenden (1610/57)
1552-0420 Frederick IV of Liegnitz* German noble - Liegnitz, Silesia (1596/43)
1552-0508 Petrus Ryff* mathematician /physician/chronicler - Basel, Swiss Confederacy (1629/77)
1552-0512 Edmund Bowyer* landowner/ lawyer/politician - London, England (1627/74)
1552-0602 Raja Wodeyar I* ninth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore - Kingdom of Mysore (1617/65)
1552-0608 Gabriello Chiabrera* poet - Savona, Republic of Genoa (1638/86)
1552-0625 Hans von Schweinichen* German writer - Gröditzburg Castle, Silesia (1616/64)
1552-0718 Rudolf II* Holy Roman Emperor - Vienna, Austria (1612/59)
1552-0722 Anthony Browne* landowner/ Sheriff of Surrey and Kent - Cowdray House, Sussex, England (1592/39)
1552-0812 Boris Godunov* Russian tsar/descendant of the Tatar Prince Chet - Vyazma, Russian Empire (1605/53)
1552-0814 Paolo Sarpi* historian/ scientist/statesman - Venice, Republic of Venice (1623/70)
1552-0824 Lavinia Fontana* painter - Bologna, Papal States (1614/61)
1552-0921 Barbara Longhi* Italian painter - Ravenna, Emilia Romagna (1638/86)
1552-0927 Flaminio Scala* actor - Rome, Papal States (1624/72)
1552-1006 Matteo Ricci* Jesuit priest/one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions - Macerata, Papal States (1610/57)
1552-1018 Francis Cherry* diplomat /ambassador to the Court of Russia - North Kilworth, Leicestershire, England (1605/52)
1552-1023 Odet de Turnèbe* dramatist - Paris, Kingdom of France (1581/28)
1552-1028 Simón de Rojas* priest/ theologian/spiritual writer - Valladolid, Spanish Empire (1624/71)
1552-1120 Gilbert Talbot* nobleman/ patron of the arts - Shrewsbury, England (1616/63)
1552-1126 Seonjo of Joseon* the 14fth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea - Hanseong, Kingdom of Joseon (1608/55)
1552-1227 William Cavendish* nobleman/ politician/courtier - England (1626/73)
1552-1231 Simon Forman* astrologer/occultist/herbalist - Quidhampton, Wiltshire, England (1611/58)
Updated 3.4.2022
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