Historical Events In 1555

Feb 09   In the year 1555 bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.  

Feb 09   In the year 1555 john Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy  

Mar 02   Ludovico Spontoni, composer in the year 1555.  

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

Mar 27   In the year 1555 william Hunter, Protestant martyr  

Apr 09   Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II in the year 1555.  

Apr 12   On this day in history johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75  

Apr 17   In the year 1555 siena surrenders for Spanish troops  

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

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

May 25   On this day in history gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46  

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   Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands in the year 1555.  

Sep 08   In the year 1555 thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies  

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

Sep 25   Freedom of Religion in Augsburg on this day in history.  

Sep 30   In the year 1555 oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic  

Oct 16   On this day in history 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   Emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg in the year 1555.  

Oct 25   In the year 1555 emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan  

Nov 12   Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 17   In the year 1555 william of Orange becomes member of Council of State  

Nov 21   On this day in history georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61  

Nov 24   On this day in history french Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65  

Dec 27   Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist in the year 1555.  

Mar 02   Ludovico Spontoni, composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 21   Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619) was born in the year 1555.  

Aug 01   Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born in the year 1555.  

Sep 23   Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 23   Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 in the year 1555.  

Mar 27   On this day in history 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   In the year 1555 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   Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470) died in the year 1555.