Major Events
- Feb 26 Ottoman fleet under Piri Reis retakes the port of Aden (modern Yemen) from the Portuguese
- Jun 30 Augsburg Interim issued by Charles V becomes law - orders Lutherans to return to Catholic practices with some concessions
- Jul 16 La Paz, Bolivia, is founded
- Aug 15 Mary Queen of Scotland arrives in France, aged 6
Born in 1548
- Jan 5 Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian, born in Granada, Spain (d. 1617)
- Mar 13 Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist and apostole vicar, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1614)
- Mar 18 Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter and poet, born in Gouda (d. 1616)
- Sep 2 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)
- Sep 29 William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626)
More People Born in 1548
Who Died in 1548
- Jan 23 Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer, dies at 57
- Mar 23 Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen
- Apr 1 Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-48), dies at 81
- Jun 3 Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468)
- Jun 6 Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)
More 1548 Deaths
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