1550

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

1550 by topic
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1550 Media

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  March 12: The Battle of Penco takes place in Chile between the armies of Spain and of the indigenous Mapuche people.

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  Colonisation of the New World in 1550

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  King Charles IX of Sweden

1550 (MDL) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1550th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 550th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1550s decade. As of the start of 1550, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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.