Richard Chancellor’s voyage from England to Arkhangelsk in 1553. Picture courtesy Timewisetraveller

In the year 1553, Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England (Jul 10), but abdicates when Mary I is proclaimed the rightful Queen (Jul 19), English explorer Richard Chancellor reaches Arkhangelsk, whereby trade between England and Russia is opened (Aug), Anglican bishops in England are arrested, and Roman Catholic bishops restored (Sep) - and all these fine people were born:

1553-xxxx Cherubino Alberti* Italian engraver/painter - Borgo Santo Sepolcro, Tuscany (1615/c. 62)
1553-xxxx Richard Hakluyt* travel writer/promoter of the English colonisation of North America through his works - Hereford or London, England (1616/64)

1553-0120 Bernardino de Cárdenas* Duke of Maqueda/ viceroy of Catalonia and of Sicily - Torrijos, Spanish Empire (1601/48)
1553-0122 Mori Terumoto* daimyo - Yoshida, Aki Province, Japan (1625/72)

1553-0224 Cherubino Alberti* Italian engraver/painter - Sansepolcro, Tuscany (1615/62)

1553-0329 Vitsentzos Kornaros* Cretan poet -Trapezonda, Sitia, Kingdom of Candia (1613/c.60)

1553-0430 Louise of Lorraine-Vaudemont* Queen consort of France/wife of Henri III of France - Nomeny Bar, Kingdom of France (1601/47)

1553-0515 Margaret of Valois* Queen consort of France - Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Kingdom of France (1615/61)

1553-0605 Bernardino Baldi* Italian mathematician/writer - Urbino, Marche (1617/64)

1553-0701 Peter Street (B) carpenter/builder - London, England (1609/55)

1553-0926 Nicolò Contarini* the 97th Doge of Venice - Venice, Republic of Venice (1631/77)

1553-1018 Luca Marenzio* composer/singer - Coccaglio, Italy (1599/45)

1553-1104 Roger Wilbraham* lawyer/Solicitor-General - Nantwich, Cheshire, England (1616/62)
1553-1123 Prospero Alpini* physician/botanist - Marostica, Republic of Venice (1617/63)

1553-1213 Henry IV of France* - Pau, Kingdom of Navarre (1610/56)

Updated 15.3.2023-4
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