Historical Events In 1555

Feb 09   Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake on this day in history.  

Feb 09   On this day in history john Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy  

Mar 02   On this day in history ludovico Spontoni, composer  

Mar 23   Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 27   In the year 1555 william Hunter, Protestant martyr  

Apr 09   Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II on this day in history.  

Apr 12   Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 in the year 1555.  

Apr 17   On this day in history siena surrenders for Spanish troops  

May 01   Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 in the year 1555.  

May 23   In the year 1555 giampietro Caraffa elected Pope Paul IV  

May 25   Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

Jun 07   Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76 on this day in history.  

Jul 02   Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola on this day in history.  

Aug 23   In the year 1555 calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.  

Sep 08   Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies in the year 1555.  

Sep 23   On this day in history louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange  

Sep 25   Freedom of Religion in Augsburg in the year 1555.  

Sep 30   On this day in history oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic  

Oct 16   In the year 1555 an English protestant, Nicholas Ridley, is burned at the stake for heresy  

Oct 16   Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80 in the year 1555.  

Oct 21   In the year 1555 emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg  

Oct 25   Emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan on this day in history.  

Nov 12   On this day in history stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65  

Nov 12   In the year 1555 the English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism.  

Nov 17   William of Orange becomes member of Council of State in the year 1555.  

Nov 21   In the year 1555 georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61  

Nov 24   French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65 on this day in history.  

Dec 27   Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist on this day in history.  

Mar 02   In the year 1555 birth of ludovico Spontoni, composer  

Apr 21   On this day in history birth of ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)  

Aug 01   On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

Sep 23   On this day in history birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange  

Dec 04   Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born in the year 1555.  

Dec 27   In the year 1555 birth of johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist  

Feb 09   John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy died in the year 1555.  

Mar 23   Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 27   In the year 1555 death of william Hunter, Protestant martyr  

Apr 12   In the year 1555 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75  

May 01   On this day in history marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53  

May 25   In the year 1555 gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46  

Jun 07   Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76 in the year 1555.  

Jun 23   In the year 1555 death of pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)