1555
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| Years: 1552 1553 1554 - 1555 - 1556 1557 1558 | |
| Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century 1555 in literature | |
Events
- Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland
- February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins
- February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England
- February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake
- May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope.
- September 25 - Peace of Augsburg is signed.
Births
- 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)
- August 1 - Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (died 1597)
- December 4 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (died 1625)
- Johann Arndt, German Lutheran theologian (died 1621)
- Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon, Marshal of France (died 1623)
- Richard Carew, Cornish translator and antiquary (died 1620)
- Thomas Cavendish, English explorer (died 1592)
- Adam Sedziwoj Czarnkowski, Polish nobleman (died 1628)
- Samuel Edels, Jewish rabbi and Talmudist (died 1631)
- Joshua Falk, Jewish 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
- Lodovico Zacconi, Italian composer and music theorist (died 1627)
Deaths
- February 4 - John Rogers, English clergyman (burned at the stake)
- February 8 - Laurence Saunders, English clergyman (burned at the stake)
- February 9 - John Hooper, English churchman
- February 9 - Rowland Taylor, English protestant martyr (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 (b. 1508)
- May 25 - Henry II of Navarre (born 1503)
- October 9 - Justus Jonas, German protestant reformer (born 1493)
- October 16 - Nicholas Ridley, English clergyman (burned at the stake)
- October 16 - Hugh Latimer, 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 (born 1493)
- November 21 - Georg Agricola, German scientist (born 1490)
- Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (born 1478)
- Stanisław Kostka, Polish noble (born 1487)
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (born 1473)
- John Rogers, English Bible translator and martyr (born 1500)
- Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop (born 1488)
- Polydore Vergil, English historian (born 1470)
