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

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