* 1544 – French forces defeat a Spanish army at the Battle of Ceresole.

* Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst: 1252 – 1396 and 1544 – 1796

* Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau 1544 – 1553 and 1603 – 1665

Valerius Cordus ( 1515 – 1544 ) authored a pharmacopoeia of lasting importance, the Dispensatorium in 1546.

* 1526 – 1544: Matthias von Jagow, Lutheran

* 1544 – 1546: Sede vacante

* 1603 – William Gilbert, English physicist and physician ( b. 1544 )

* Francis II of France ( 1544 – 1560 )

* 1519 – René of Châlon, ( d. 1544 )

* Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach ( December 28, 1526 – May 20, 1589 ) who married Christoph, Duke of Württemberg in 1544.

In Indian astronomy, Aryabhata's Aryabhatiya ( 499 CE ) proposed the Earth's rotation, while Nilakantha Somayaji ( 1444 – 1544 ) of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics proposed a semi-heliocentric model resembling the Tychonic system.

* 1544 – King Francis II of France ( d. 1560 )

* 1544 – Italian War of 1542 – 1546: the first Siege of Boulogne begins.

* 1544 – Torquato Tasso, Italian poet ( d. 1595 )

For example, Italy, France, and Spain produced noted writers of mercantilist themes including Italy's Giovanni Botero ( 1544 – 1617 ) and Antonio Serra ( 1580 -?

* 1544 – Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden ( b. 1488 )

The myth is illustrated by two paintings, " Apollo and Marsyas " by Palma il Giovane ( 1544 – 1628 ), one depicting the scene before, and one after, the punishment.

* 1491 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet ( d. 1544 )

He was a lawyer, a graduate in 1544 of the University of Bologna, which was pre-eminent in jurisprudence, and became secretary to Cardinal Nicolò Ardinghelli before entering the service of Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, brother of the Duke of Parma and grandson of Pope Paul III ( 1534 – 1549 ), one of the great patrons of the time.

* 1544 – Takenaka Shigeharu, Japanese samurai ( d. 1579 )

* William Gilbert ( 1544 – 1603 ) published On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on the Great Magnet the Earth in 1600, which laid the foundations of a theory of magnetism and electricity.

* June 4 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine ( d. 1544 )

* Duke of Brittany ( 1544 )

Zedler owned property in Wolfshain, one of five villages that Moritz, Duke of Saxony had given Leipzig University in 1544.

In 1544 Duke Albert founded the Albertina University in Königsberg, which became the principal educational establishment for Lutheran pastors and theologians of Prussia.

He served first as a private archer and man-at-arms in Italy, with Bayard for his captain, fought all through the wars of King Francis I of France, and was knighted at the battle of Ceresole ( 1544 ), to which victory he had brilliantly contributed as adviser to the young Duke of Enghien.

* The Duke of Suffolk 1541 – 1544

In 1544 Charles V returned to Germany from the Italian War after he had signed the Treaty of Crépy and began to forge alliances not only with Pope Paul III but also with Lutheran princes, foremost with Duke Maurice of Saxony, the Albertine cousin of Saxon Elector John Frederick I.

* Francis I, Duke of Lorraine ( 1517 – 1545, reigned 1544 – 1545 )

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* Antoine, Duke of Lorraine ( 1489 – 1544 )

Antoine ( 4 June 1489 – 14 June 1544 ), known as the Good, was Duke of Lorraine from 1508 until his death in 1544.

He was briefly Duke of Lorraine from 1544 – 1545.

# Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, 1489 – 1544

It was founded in 1544 as second Protestant academy ( after the University of Marburg ) by Duke Albert of Prussia, and was commonly known as the Albertina.

After the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII the estate was sold to Richard Duke in 1544, who was one of the civil servants responsible for administrating land seized by the King.

The Dauphin's army descended on Montreuil, forcing the Duke of Norfolk to raise the siege ; Henry VIII himself left for England at the end of September 1544, ordering the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk to defend Boulogne.

* Charles de Valois, Duke of Orléans ( 1550 – 1574 ), younger brother of Francis II ( 1544 – 1560 ), was known as Monsieur at the beginning of the reign of Francis II.

* Lucrezia de ' Medici ( 1544 – 1562 ), daughter of Cosimo I de ' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Francis succeeded his father as Duke of Lorraine in 1544.

Thus he participated in the emperor's army in the war against the forces of the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire ( 1542 ), Duke William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ( 1543 ), and King Francis I of France ( 1544 ).

# Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, 1489 – 1544