1551
| Years: 1548 1549 1550 - 1551 - 1552 1553 1554 | |
| Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
- Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav )
- September 19 - King Henry III of France
- Boris Godunov - tsar of Russia
- Oda Nobuhide - Japanese warlord. Father of Oda Nobunaga