1554

Rulers:

• Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556)

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

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

Henri II, King of France (1547-1559)

• John Frederick I, Duke of Saxony (1547-1554)

Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567)

Events:

• Execution of Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England and Ireland (1537-1554)

Births:

Ludovisi, Alessandro (1554-1623), Pope Gregory XV (1621-1623)

Deaths:

• John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554)

• Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England and Ireland (1537-1554)

Art:

• Bronzino (1503-1572): Ritratto di giovane uomo (1550-55)

• Tintoretto, Jacopo (1519-1594): Ester e Assuero (1552-55)

• Tintoretto, Jacopo (1519-1594): Giuditta e Oloferne (1552-55)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594): Lavanda dei piedi (c.1545-55)

• Tintoretto, Jacopo (1519-1594): Susanna e i Vecchioni (1552-55)

• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Danae (c.1554)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Perseo e Andromeda (1554-56)

• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): San Girolamo penitente (1550-55)

• Tiziano (c.1488-1576) & Workshop: Danae (after 1554-C)

• Tiziano (c.1488-1576) & Workshop: Danae (after 1554-K)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574): Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1554)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588): Venere disarma Cupido (1550-55)

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