1552
year
Year 1552 (MDLII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
January 15 – Henry II of France and Maurice, Elector of Saxony, sign the Treaty of Chambord.
February 12 – Pedro de Valdivia founds the Chilean city of Valdivia, as Santa María la Blanca de Valdivia.
February 24 – The privileges of the Hanseatic League are abolished in England.
March 26 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh Guru.
April–June
April 8 – Maurice, Elector of Saxony, liberates Augsburg and sets about to capture Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
April 11 – Metz Cathedral is consecrated.
April 15 – The Act of Uniformity is given royal assent and imposes use of the Protestant Book of Common Prayer on England.
April 16 – Pedro de Valdivia founds the city of La Imperial, Chile.
April 18 – King Henry II of France enters the city of Metz, ceded to France by Saxony by the January 15 Treaty of Chambord.
“1552” enters the record as year. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what year can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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