Information about 1555
| 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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Events of 1555
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 - Rowland Taylor, Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk and was the third leading Protestant Martyr / Christian Martyr who suffered from Queen "Bloody Mary's" (Mary I) reign. He along with the Bishop of Gloucester, John Hooper, were burned at the stake, on Saturday, February 9, 1555.
- 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.
July - December
- September 25 - Peace of Augsburg is signed.
- October 16 - Latimer and Ridley, English Protestant martyrs, burned at the stake.
Undated
- Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland.
- Gresham's School founded by Sir John Gresham.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1555 MDLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2308 |
| Armenian calendar | 1004 ԹՎ ՌԴ |
| Bah' calendar | -289 – -288 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2099 |
| Chinese calendar | 4191/4251-8-6 (甲寅年八月初六日) — to — 4192/4252-7-16(乙卯年七月十六日) |
| 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 | Kōji 0 (弘治0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2215 (皇紀2215年) |
| 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, Rabbi and Talmudist (died 1631)
- Joshua Falk, 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)
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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 (burned at the stake) (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)
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1558 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1558
MDLVIII
Ab urbe condita 2311
Armenian calendar 1007
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Bah' calendar -286 – -285
Buddhist calendar 2102
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Gregorian calendar 1558
MDLVIII
Ab urbe condita 2311
Armenian calendar 1007
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Bah' calendar -286 – -285
Buddhist calendar 2102
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-1550- 1551 . 1552 . 1553 1554 . 1555 . 1556 . 1557 . 1558 . 1559 .
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See also: 1554 in art, other 1555 events, 1556 in art, and list of years in art.
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- April 21 - Lodovico Caracci, Italian painter (d.
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- Ethiopia - Gelawdewos, Emperor of Ethiopia (1540-1559)
- Kongo - Diogo I, Manikongo (1545 - 1561)
- Sennar - Abd al-Qadir I (1550/1 - 1557/8)
- Songhai Empire - Askia Daoud, Askia of the Songhai Empire (1549-1582)
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Diet of Augsburg were the meetings of the Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire in the German city of Augsburg. There were many such sessions, but the three meetings during the Reformation and the ensuing religious wars between the Catholic emperor Charles V and the
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John Rogers (c. 1505–4 February 1555) was a minister, Bible translator and commentator, and the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England. He was born in Deritend in the parish of Aston, near Birmingham, and was educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge University,
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