1556
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s – 1550s – 1560s 1570s 1580s |
| Years: | 1553 1554 1555 – 1556 – 1557 1558 1559 |
| 1556 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – Art – |
| Literature – Music – Poetry – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1556 (MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1556
[edit] January–June
- January 16 – Emperor Charles V abdicates. His son, Philip II becomes King of Spain, while his brother Ferdinand becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- January 23 – The Shaanxi Earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China: 830,000 people may have been killed.
- February
- Truce of Vaucelles: Fighting temporarily ends between France and Spain.
- Jellaladin Mahommed Akbar ascends to the throne of the Mughal Empire; he rules until his death in 1605.
- February 14 – Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
- March 21 – In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake for treason.
[edit] July–December
- November – The Truce of Vaucelles collapses, and war resumes between Henry II of France and Philip II of Spain.
- November 5 – Second Battle of Panipat: Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mogul Army defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu, to ensure Akbar the throne of India.
[edit] Undated
- Lorenzo Priuli becomes Doge of Venice.
- Mary I of England establishes the Fort of Maryborough, in what is now Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland.
- The kings of Spain take control of the Flanders region, including what is now the French département of Nord.
- The false Martin Guerre appears in the French village of Artigat.
- King John III of Sweden becomes ruler of Finland as Hertig Johan.
- Welser banking families of Augsburg lose colonial control of Venezuela.
- Ivan the Terrible conquers Astrakhan, opening the Volga River to Russian traffic and trade.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1556 MDLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2309 |
| Armenian calendar | 1005 ԹՎ ՌԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -288 – -287 |
| Berber calendar | 2506 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2100 |
| Burmese calendar | 918 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7064 – 7065 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年閏十一月十九日 (4192/4252-intercalary 11-19) — to —
丙辰年十一月三十日(4193/4253-11-30) |
| Coptic calendar | 1272 – 1273 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1548 – 1549 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5316 – 5317 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1611 – 1612 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1478 – 1479 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4657 – 4658 |
| Holocene calendar | 11556 |
| Iranian calendar | 934 – 935 |
| Islamic calendar | 963 – 964 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōji 2 (弘治2年) |
| Korean calendar | 3889 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2099 |
- January 8 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)
- February – Henry Briggs, English mathematician (d. 1630)
- February 21 – Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (d. 1615)
- March 7 – Guillaume du Vair, French statesman and philosopher (d. 1621)
- June 6 – Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English politician and diplomat (d. 1625)
- November 15 – Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)
- date unknown
- Margaret Clitherow, English Catholic martyr (d. 1586)
- Shibata Katsutoyo, Japanese military commander (d. 1583)
- Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Sudanese writer and political leader (d. 1627)
- James Melville, Scottish divine and reformer (d. 1614)
[edit] Deaths
- March 21 – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (b. 1489)
- April 18 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and statesman (b. 1495)
- June 10 – Martin Agricola, German composer (b. 1486)
- July 31 – Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (b. 1491)
- September – Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, Scottish traitor (b. 1512)
- October 21 – Pietro Aretino, Italian author (b. 1492)
- November 14 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b. 1503)
- December 23 – Nicholas Udall, English dramatist (b. 1504)
- date unknown
- John Bell, Bishop of Worcester
- Girolamo da Carpi, Italian painter (b. 1501)
- Jacob Clemens non Papa, Flemish composer (b. 1510)
- Saitō Dōsan, Japanese warlord (b. 1494)
- Fuzûlî, Turkish poet (b. 1494)
- Lorenzo Lotto, Italian painter (b. 1480)
- Brian mac Cathaoir O Conchobhair Failghe, last of the Kings of Ui Failghe
