Notable Deaths In 1555

Feb 09 John hooper: Deprived bishop of gloucester, burnt for heresy  

Mar 23 Julius iii: [giovanni m del monte], pope (1550-55),  

Mar 27 William hunter: Protestant martyr  

Apr 12 Johanna de wanzinnige: Queen of castilie (1504-20),  

May 01 Marcellus ii: [marcello cervini], italian pope (1555),  

May 25 Gemma frisius: Frisian geographer/astronomer,  

Jun 07 Maarten van rossum: Dutch army leader,  

Jun 23 Pedro mascarenhas: Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)  

Aug 08 Oronce finé: French mathematician (b. 1494)  

Sep 08 Thomas villanova: Spanish saint/archbishop of valencia,  

Oct 07 Louis of praet: Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)  

Oct 09 Justus jonas: German protestant reformer (b. 1493)  

Oct 16 Hugh latimer: Royal chaplain of anna boley, burned at stake at 80  

Nov 12 Stephen gardiner: English bishop of winchester,  

Nov 21 Georg agricola: [bauer], german mineralogist (zinc),  

Nov 24 French vervoort: Flemish mystic (bruylocht cleedt),  

Mar 02 Ludovico spontoni: Composer  

Apr 21 Ludovico carracci: Italian painter  

Aug 01 Edward kelley: English spirit medium  

Sep 23 Louise de coligny: French 4th wife of willem of orange  

Dec 04 Heinrich meibom: German historian and poet  

Dec 27 Johann arndt: German lutherian theologist