1555 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
February 9, 1555
– Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
April 17, 1555
– After 18 months of siege, Siena surrenders to the Florentine-Imperial army. The Republic of Siena is incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
July 2, 1555
– The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
August 23, 1555
– Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.
September 25, 1555
– The Peace of Augsburg is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
November 1, 1555
– French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
November 12, 1555
– The English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism.
Who Were Born On ?
March 18, 1555
– François, Duke of Anjou (d. 1584)
April 21, 1555
– Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1619)
August 1, 1555
– Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)
December 4, 1555
– Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)