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- Feb 7 Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III
- Mar 24 France & England sign Peace of Boulogne
- Apr 2 Jewish physician Joseph Hacohen expelled from city of Genoa, all Jews soon after
- Apr 28 Powers of Dutch inquisition extends
- Apr 29 Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority
- Jul 7 Traditional date Chocolate thought to have been introduced to Europe
- Sep 5 William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
- Oct 5 Foundation of the city of Concepción, Chile.
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Charles IXHistorical Figures Who Died in 1550
- Jan 12 Andrea Alciato, Italian lawyer and writer, dies at 57
- Mar 8 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55
- Apr 12 Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
- May 18 John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman, dies at 52
- May 20 Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)
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