1544

Rulers:

• Alfonso d’Avalos d’Aquino, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1538-1546)

• Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556)

• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558)

• Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569)

François I, King of France (1515-1547)

• Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547)

• Henry VIII, King of Ireland (1542-1547)

• John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1532-1547)

Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567)

Paulus III (Alessandro Farnese), Pope (1534-1549)

Births:

Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595)

Architecture:

• Wilton House (Wiltshire) is granted by Henry VIII to Sir William Herbert.

Art:

• Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594): La conversione di san Paolo (c.1544)

• Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594): La Disciplina che tiene a freno i costumi (1544-45)

• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Danae (1544-46)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574): Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo (1544)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574): Sei poeti toscani (1544)