Year 1554 (MDLIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. [edit] Events of 1554 [edit] January–June [edit] July–December [edit] Undated [edit] Births - January 9 – Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
- January 20 – King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
- March – Richard Hooker, Anglican theologian (d. 1600)
- March 26 – Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (d. 1611)
- April – Stephen Gosson, English satirist (d. 1624)
- May 20 – Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (d. 1594)
- July 5 – Elisabeth of Austria, Queen consort of France (d. 1592)
- October 3 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (d. 1628)
- November 30 – Sir Philip Sidney, English courtier and poet (d. 1586)
- December 19 – Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
- date unknown
[edit] Deaths - January 1 – Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (b. c. 1500)
- January 16 – Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. c. 1480)
- February 12
- February 21 – Hieronymus Bock, German botanist (b. 1498)
- February 23 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician (executed) (b. c.1515)
- March 3 – John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (b. 1503)
- April 11 – Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel (executed) (b. 1521)
- August 25 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
- September 22 – Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador (b. c. 1510)
- December 22 – Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter (b. 1498)
- date unknown
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