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:
• Bronzino (1503-1572): Ritratto di Bia de’ Medici (c.1542-45)
• 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)
• Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574): Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo (1544)
• Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574): Sei poeti toscani (1544)