1550

1550 was a common year.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1520s  1530s  1540s  – 1550s –  1560s  1570s  1580s
Years:	1547 1548 1549 – 1550 – 1551 1552 1553

Events

• January 6 – Spanish Captain Hernando de Santana founds the city of Valledupar in what is now Colombian territory.
• February 7 – Julius III becomes Pope.
• The first book in Slovenian, Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in Tübingen, Germany.
• Nostradamus' first almanac is written.
• Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is founded by Gustav Vasa.