1544

Year 1544 (MDXLIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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 - Imperial siege of 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 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 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.
  • First occurrence of rats in North America.
  • Gustav I of Sweden signs an alliance with France.
  • Battle of the Shirts: 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

  1544 in other calendars

  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)
  - Imperial Year	Kōki 2204 (皇紀2204年)
  Korean calendar	3877
  Thai solar calendar	2087
  v • d • e

  • January 19 - King Francis II of France (died 1560)
  • March 11 - Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (died 1595)
  • April - Thomas Fleming, English judge (died 1613)
  • May 24 - William Gilbert, English scientist (died 1603)
  • December 23 - Anna of Saxony, only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (died 1577)
  • date unknown
    • Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1610)
    • Thomas Hobson, English carrier and origin of the phrase "Hobson's choice" (b. 1631)
    • Ikeda Tomomasa, Japanese military commander (died 1603)
  • probable
    • Sanada Masayuki, Japanese military leader (died 1611)
    • George Whetstone, English writer (died 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 (born 1488)
  • June 14 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (born 1489)
  • July 15 - René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (born 1519)
  • September 10 - Clément Marot, French poet (born 1496)
  • September 25 - Valerius Cordus, German physician and scientist (born 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 (born 1444)
    • Manco Inca Yupanqui, ruler of the Inca (born 1516)
  • probable
    • Bonaventure des Périers, French author (born 1500)

  See also Category: 1544 deaths.

  
  

  References

  1. ^ Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.

  
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