1550: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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.

• 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