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| 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 - 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.
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Events of 1544
January - June
- 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 |
| Berber calendar | 2494 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2088 |
| Burmese calendar | 906 |
| Chinese calendar | 4180/4240-12-7 (癸卯年十二月初七日) — to —
4181/4241-12-18(甲辰年十二月十八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1260 – 1261 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1536 – 1537 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5304 – 5305 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1599 – 1600 |
| - 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
- Sanada Masayuki, Japanese military leader (d. 1611)
- George Whetstone, English writer (d. 1587)
- 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
- Ulick nagCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde
- Chen Chun, Chinese painter (b. 1483)
- Hugh Fraser, 3rd Lord Lovat
- Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1444)
- Manco Inca Yupanqui, ruler of the Inca (b. 1516)
- probable
- Bonaventure des Périers, French author (b. 1500)
- See also Category: 1544 deaths.
References
- ^ Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.
