Saint Basil’s Cathedral, built on orders from Ivan the Terrible, commemorating the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan
In the year 1554, São Paulo in Brazil is founded (Jan 25), after claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason (Feb 12 ), the future queen, Princess Elizabeth, is imprisoned in the Tower of London (Mar 18), Queen Mary I of England marries King Philip of Naples (Jul 23), Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop of Turku, work begins on Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow - and all these fine people were born:
1554-0120 King Sebastian of Portugal* – Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal (1578/24)
1554-0208 Marina de Escobar* nun/writer - Valladolid, Spanish Empire (1633/79)
1554-0211 Axel Stensson Leijonhufvud* count/stadtholder of Finland - Jönköping, Kingdom of Sweden (1619/65)
1554-0227 Giovanni Battista Paggi* Italian painter/ sculptor/writer – Genoa, Republic of Genoa (1627/73)
1554-0301 William Stafford* courtier/ conspirator - Rochford, Essex, England (1612/58)
1554-0322 Catherine de Parthenay* noblewoman/ mathematician – Mouchamps, Kingdom of France (1631/77)
1554-0328 Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia* son of Ivan the Terrible - Moscow (?), Russian Empire (1581/27)
1554-0417 Stephen Gosson (B) satirist - Canterbury, England (1624/69)
1554-0520 Paolo Bellasio* Italian organist/composer - Verona (1594/40)
1554-0605 Benedetto Giustiniani* Catholic cardinal - Genoa (1621/66)
1554-0705 Elisabeth of Austria* Queen of France as the wife of King Charles IX - Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (1592/37)
1554-0904 Krister Klasson Horn* Swedish nobleman/Lord of Åminne in Finland - Kingdom of Sweden (1612/c. 58)
1554-1020 Bálint Balassi* Hungarian poet/polyglot - Zólyom, Kingdom of Hungary (1594/39)
1554-1028 Enevold Kruse* Danish nobleman/ Governor-general of Norway - Svenstrup, Denmark-Norway (1621/66)
1554-1101 Prospero Farinacci* lawyer/ judge - Rome, Papal States (1618/64)
1554-1130 Philip Sidney* scholar/ soldier/nobleman - Penshurst Place, Kent, England (1586/31)
Updated 16.2.2023
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