Year 1551 (MDLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 4 – Luca Spinola is elected...

The Commodore 1551 (originally introduced as the SFS 481) is a floppy disk drive for the Commodore Plus/4 home computer. It resembles a charcoal-colored...

following the siege of Rhodes. The Ottomans first attempted to take Malta in 1551 but failed. In 1565, Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Sultan, made a...

The Italian War of 1551–1559 began when Henry II of France declared war against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V with the intent of recapturing parts of Italy...

The Ottoman-Habsburg War of 1551–1562 was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Monarchy supported by Royal Hungary. During the war, the...

was made a Knight of the Garter by Edward VI, King of England, in April 1551. By 19 July, after some lengthy haggling concerning the dowry, a betrothal...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1551. June 27 – Edict of Châteaubriant prohibits possessing any books listed on...

Plague of Amwas (638–639) Plague of 664 (664–689) Japanese smallpox (735–737) Black Death (1346–1353) Sweating sickness (1485–1551) Early modern Modern...

William Gerard (c. 1551–1609), of Harrow, Middlesex, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1593....

The Invasion of Gozo took place in July 1551, and was accomplished by the Ottoman Empire against the island of Gozo, following an unsuccessful attempt...