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 |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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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 - The Diet of Augsburg begins.
- February 4 - John Rogers becomes the 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 - Rowland Taylor, Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk is the third leading Protestant martyr/Christian martyr to suffer from Queen "Bloody Mary's" (Mary I) reign. He along with the Bishop of Gloucester, John Hooper, are 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
- July 12 - Pope Paul IV creates the first Jewish ghetto in Rome.
- September 25 - The Peace of Augsburg is signed.
- October 16 - Latimer and Ridley, English Protestant martyrs, are burned at the stake.
[edit] Undated
- Russia breaks a 60-year-old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland.
- Gresham's School is founded by Sir John Gresham
- Humayun starts to rule the Mughal Empire a second time.
- Bairam Khan defeats Hindu forces at Panipat.
- "Negro" - the Spanish term for "black person" is coined.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1555 MDLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2308 |
| Armenian calendar | 1004 ԹՎ ՌԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -289 – -288 |
| Berber calendar | 2505 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2099 |
| Burmese calendar | 917 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7063 – 7064 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年十二月初九日 (4191/4251-12-9) — to —
乙卯年閏十一月十八日(4192/4252-intercalary 11-18) |
| 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 24Kōji 1 (弘治元年) |
| Korean calendar | 3888 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2098 |
- March 18 - François, Duke of Anjou, youngest son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici (d. 1584)
- April 21 - Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)
- June 11 - Lodovico Zacconi, Italian composer and music theorist (d. 1627)
- August 1 - Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)
- September 28 - Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon, Marshal of France (d. 1623)
- October 11- Veronica Polin
- December 4 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)
- December 27 - Johann Arndt, German Lutheran theologian (d. 1621)
- date unknown
- Richard Carew, Cornish translator and antiquary (d. 1620)
- Adam Sędziwój Czarnkowski, Polish nobleman (d. 1628)
- Samuel Eidels, Rabbi and Talmudist (d. 1631)
- Joshua Falk, Rabbi and commentator (d. 1614)
- Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (d. 1606)
- Lancelot Andrewes, English clergyman and scholar (d. 1626)
- François de Malherbe, French poet (d. 1628)
- Jan Zbigniew Ossoliński, Polish nobleman (d. 1628)
- Okudaira Sadamasa, Japanese nobleman (d. 1615)
- Konishi Yukinaga, Japanese Christian daimyo (d. 1600)
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 - Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (b. 1478)
- February 4 - John Rogers, English clergyman (burned at the stake) (b. c. 1500)
- February 8 - Laurence Saunders, English clergyman (burned at the stake)
- February 9
- John Hooper, English churchman (burned at the stake) (b. c. 1497)
- Rowland Taylor, English Protestant martyr (burned at the stake) (b. 1510)
- March 14 - John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (b. 1485)
- March 23 - Pope Julius III (b. 1487)
- April 12 - Joanna of Castile, queen of Philip I of Castile (b. 1479)
- April 18 - Polydore Vergil, English historian (b. 1470)
- April 30 - Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
- May 25
- Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b. 1508)
- Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
- August 25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (b. 1473)
- September 8 - Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop (b. 1488)
- October 9 - Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)
- October 16
- Hugh Latimer, English clergyman (burned at the stake) (b. c. 1487)
- Nicholas Ridley, English clergyman (burned at the stake)
- October 25 - Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian classical scholar (b. 1526)
- November 12 - Stephen Gardiner, English bishop and Lord Chancellor (b. 1493)
- November 21 - Georg Agricola, German scientist (b. 1490)
- December - Stanisław Kostka, Polish noble (b. 1487)
