Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s
Years: 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 - 1550 - 1551 1552 1553 1554 1555
Events February 7 - Julius III becomes Pope The first book in Slovenian, Cattechismus and Abecedarium, written by Protestant reformer Primoz Trubar, is printed in Tübingen, Germany. Nostradamus' first almanac is written. Helsinki, the capital of Finland is found by Gustav Vasa. Births April 22 - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England (+ 1604) June 27 - King Charles IX of France September 17 - Pope Paul V October 4 - King Charles IX of Sweden John Napier, Scottish mathematician Deaths
