1548 deaths

sixth wife of Henry VIII; final queen consort of the House of Tudor

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

Layperson. Visionary of Our Lady of Guadalupe. First indigenous saint of the Americas. Roman Catholic Saint from Mexico.

Spanish conquistador, younger paternal half-brother of Francisco Pizarro

Archbishop of Mexico

Spanish Basque conquistador (1495-1548)

Portuguese explorer

Italian writer and assassin (1514-1548)

Ottoman akıncı and governor of Serbian descent

German duke

16th-century bishop and author

Italian cardinal

Japanese samurai

Spanish general and conquistador

Suriyothai (, , ; ) was a royal queen consort during the 16th century Ayutthaya period of Siam (now Thailand). She is famous for having given up her life in the defense of her husband, King Maha Chakkraphat, in a battle during the Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549).

German humanist

samurai

German Lutheran pastor

Italian bishop, philologist and philosopher

Italian artist (1483-1548)

Spanish translator, philosopher and mathematician (1470-1548)

German composer

Spanish priest

Dutch noble (1509-1548)

Duke of Münsterberg, Duke of Oels and Count of Glatz

Worawongsathirat (, ) was a usurper in the Ayutthaya Kingdom, ruling for only 42 days in 1548 before being assassinated. Siamese chronicles relate that Worawongsathirat attainted the crown — his kingship is not accepted by most traditional historians.

King of Vietnam

Humanist teacher

Icelandic bishop

French composer

Yotfa () or Kaeofa () was the 14th Ayutthayan king from the Suphannaphum Dynasty (c. 1536 – 10 June 1548)

German artist (c. 1478–after 1548)

Catholic cardinal

Italian composer

Co-ruler of Oldenburg

last Marquess of Saluzzo between 1537 and 1548

Czech nobleman

Afghan noble

Ming dynasty person CBDB = 68194 (1482–1548)

Strongilah (died 1548) was a Jewish Ottoman businesswoman. She was the influential favorite and Kira of Hafsa Sultan, and possibly of Hürrem Sultan.

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French judge (1473-1548)

Dutch abbess, writer

Sisudachan (; early 1500s – 1548 in Ayutthaya) was a queen of Ayutthaya by marriage to King Chairacha of Ayutthaya. At his death, between 1546 and 1548, she served as regent for her son Yot Fa.

Italian illuminator (1482–1548)

16th-century Catholic bishop

Spanish Roman Catholic prelate and bishop (16th century)

Italian noble

Voivode of Transylvania, Crown Guard of the Holy Crown of Hungary

sculptor (1482–1549)

Italian chef

Roman Catholic bishop

Swedish politician

Ruler of Central Tibet (1508-1548)

Italian jurist

Italian composer

Italian architect