1551

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1520s  1530s  1540s  – 1550s –  1560s  1570s  1580s
Years:	1548 1549 1550 – 1551 – 1552 1553 1554

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1551 Media

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  Maria Anna of Bavaria

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  Oil on panel, 48.2 x 34.2 cm. Long bust portrait, the sitter is bareheaded and faces left. He wears a black gown and white shirt. The University of Edinburgh Art Collection.

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1551 (MDLI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1551st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 551st year of the 2nd millennium, the 51st year of the 16th century, and the 2nd year of the 1550s decade. As of the start of 1551, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Births

• 19 September – Henry III of France (d. 2 August 1589), King of France and of Poland
• 8 October – Giulio Caccini (d. 10 December 1618), Italian composer and singer

Deaths

• 17 May – Shin Saimdang (b. 29 October 1504), Korean artist, poet, writer, and scholar