1555
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s |
| Years: | 1552 1553 1554 - 1555 - 1556 1557 1558 |
| 1555 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1555 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1555
[edit] January - June
- February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins.
- February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England under Mary I.
- February 8 - Laurence Saunders is led barefoot to his execution and burned at the stake.
- February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
- April 10 - Pope Marcellus II succeeds Pope Julius III as the 222nd pope.
- April 17 - After 18 months of siege Siena surrenders to the Florentine-Imperial army.
- May 23 - Pope Paul IV succeeds Pope Marcellus II as the 223rd pope.
[edit] July - December
- September 25 - Peace of Augsburg is signed.
- October 16 - Latimer and Ridley, English Protestant martyrs, burned at the stake.
[edit] Undated
- Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland.
- Gresham's School founded by Sir John Gresham.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1555 MDLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2308 |
| Armenian calendar | 1004 ԹՎ ՌԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -289 – -288 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2099 |
| Chinese calendar | 4191/4251-12-9 (甲寅年十二月初九日) — to —
4192/4252-intercalary 11-18(乙卯年閏十一月十八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1271 – 1272 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1547 – 1548 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5315 – 5316 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1610 – 1611 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1477 – 1478 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4656 – 4657 |
| Holocene calendar | 11555 |
| Iranian calendar | 933 – 934 |
| Islamic calendar | 962 – 963 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 24 (天文24年) — changed to —
Kōji 1(弘治元年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2215 (皇紀2215年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11555 |
| Julian calendar | 1600 |
| Korean calendar | 3888 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2098 |
- March 18 - François, Duke of Anjou, youngest son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici (died 1584)
- April 21 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (died 1619)
- June 11 - Lodovico Zacconi, Italian composer and music theorist (died 1627)
- August 1 - Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (died 1597)
- September 28 - Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon, Marshal of France (died 1623)
- December 4 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (died 1625)
- date unknown
- Johann Arndt, German Lutheran theologian (died 1621)
- Richard Carew, Cornish translator and antiquary (died 1620)
- Thomas Cavendish, English explorer (died 1592)
- Adam Sedziwoj Czarnkowski, Polish nobleman (died 1628)
- Samuel Edels, Jewish rabbi and Talmudist (died 1631)
- Joshua Falk, Jewish rabbi and commentator (died 1614)
- Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (died 1606)
- Lancelot Andrewes, English clergyman and scholar (died 1626)
- François de Malherbe, French poet (died 1628)
- Jan Zbigniew Ossolinski, Polish nobleman (died 1628)
- Okudaira Sadamasa, Japanese nobleman (died 1615)
- Konishi Yukinaga, Japanese Christian daimyo (died 1600)
- See also Category: 1555 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 4 - John Rogers, English clergyman (burned at the stake) (born c1500)
- February 8 - Laurence Saunders, English clergyman (burned at the stake)
- February 9
- John Hooper, English churchman (burned at the stake) (born c1497)
- Rowland Taylor, English Protestant martyr (born 1510)
- March 14 - John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (born 1485)
- March 23 - Pope Julius III (born 1487)
- April 12 - Joanna of Castile, queen of Philip I of Castile (born 1479)
- April 30 - Pope Marcellus II (born 1501)
- May 25
- Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (born 1508)
- Henry II of Navarre (born 1503)
- August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (born 1473)
- September 8 - Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop (born 1488)
- October 9 - Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (born 1493)
- October 16
- Hugh Latimer, English clergyman (burned at the stake) (born c1487)
- Nicholas Ridley, English clergyman (burned at the stake)
- October 25 - Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian classical scholar (born 1526)
- November 12 - Stephen Gardiner, English bishop and Lord Chancellor (born 1493)
- November 21 - Georg Agricola, German scientist (born 1490)
- December - Stanisław Kostka, Polish noble (born 1487)
- date unknown
- Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (born 1478)
- Polydore Vergil, English historian (born 1470)
- See also Category: 1555 deaths.
