1556 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
January 16, 1556
– Philip II becomes King of Spain.
January 23, 1556
– The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
February 14, 1556
– Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
March 21, 1556
– In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake.
September 15, 1556
– Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
Who Were Born On ?
January 8, 1556
– Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)
February 21, 1556
– Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (d. 1615)
March 7, 1556
– Guillaume du Vair, French writer (d. 1621)
November 15, 1556
– Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)