1548
| Years: 1545 1546 1547 - 1548 - 1549 1550 1551 | |
| Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- Mary I of Scotland sent to France
Births
- September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616)
- September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626)
- Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624)
- Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (burned at the stake) 1600 (died 1600)
- Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (died 1610)
- Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter
- Carel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet (died 1606)
- Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (died 1598)
- Oda Nagamasu, Japanese nobleman (died 1622)
- Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (died 1587)
- Francesco Soriano, Italian composer (died 1621)
- Luis Barahona de Soto, Spanish poet (died 1595)
- William Stanley, English soldier (died 1630)
- Simon Stevin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (died 1620)
- Francisco Suárez, Spanish philosopher and theologian (died 1617)
- Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyo (died 1573)
- Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (died 1611)
Deaths
- January 23 - Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (born 1490)
- March 23 - Itagaki Nobukata, Japanese retainer of Takeda Shingen
- June 3 - Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (born 1468)
- June 14 - Carpentras, French composer (born 1470)
- September 7 - Catherine Parr, queen of King Henry VIII of England
- Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and Bishop of Warmia (born 1485)
- Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Mexican Catholic saint (born 1474)
- Sigismund I of Poland (born 1467)