1548

Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades:	1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s
Years:	1545 1546 1547 - 1548 - 1549 1550 1551

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Year 1548 (MDXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1548

February 14 - At the Battle of Uedahara, firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.

July 7 - A marriage treaty is signed between Scotland and France, whereby five-year-old Mary I is betrothed to the future King Francis II of France.
August 7 - Mary I of Scotland leaves for France.
October 31 - At the first sejm of King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, deputies demand that the king renounce his wife Barbara Radziwiłł.

January 5 - Francisco Suárez, Spanish philosopher and theologian (died 1617)
May - Carel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet (died 1606)
September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616)
September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626)
date unknown
- Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (died 1600)
- Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (died 1610)
- Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (died 1598)
- Oda Nagamasu, Japanese nobleman (died 1622)
- Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (died 1587)
- Luis Barahona de Soto, Spanish poet (died 1595)
- William Stanley, English soldier (died 1630)
- Simon Stevin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (died 1620)
- Saito Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyo (died 1573)
- Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (died 1611)
probable
- Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624)
- Francesco Soriano, Italian composer (died 1621)

See also Category: 1548 births.

See also Category: 1548 deaths.