1556
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s
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| Years: | 1553 1554 1555 - 1556 - 1557 1558 1559 |
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| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1556 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 - Abdication of Emperor Charles V. 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 - Temporary end to the fighting 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 - Collapse of the Truce of Vaucelles. 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 |
| Chinese calendar | 4192/4252-intercalary 11-19 (乙卯年閏十一月十九日) — to — 4193/4253-11-30(丙辰年十一月三十日) |
| 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) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2216 (皇紀2216年) |
| Julian calendar | 1601 |
| Korean calendar | 3889 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2099 |
- January 8 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1623)
- February - Henry Briggs, English mathematician (died 1630)
- February 21 - Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (died 1615)
- March 7 - Guillaume du Vair, French statesman and philosopher (died 1621)
- June 6 - Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche, English politician and diplomat (died 1625)
- November 15 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (died 1618)
- date unknown
- Margaret Clitherow, English Catholic martyr (died 1586)
- Shibata Katsutoyo, Japanese military commander (died 1583)
- Ahmad Baba al Massufi, Sudanese writer and political leader (died 1627)
- James Melville, Scottish divine and reformer (died 1614)
- See also Category: 1556 births
[edit] Deaths
- March 21 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (born 1489)
- April 18 - Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and statesman (born 1495)
- June 10 - Martin Agricola, German composer (born 1486)
- July 31 - Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order (born 1491)
- September - Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, Scottish traitor (born 1512)
- October 21 - Pietro Aretino, Italian author (born 1492)
- November 14 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (born 1503)
- December 23 - Nicholas Udall, English dramatist (born 1504)
- date unknown
- John Bell, Bishop of Worcester
- Girolamo da Carpi, Italian painter (born 1501)
- Jacob Clemens non Papa, Flemish composer (born 1510)
- Saitō Dōsan, Japanese warlord (born 1494)
- Fuzûlî, Turkish poet (born 1494)
- Lorenzo Lotto, Italian painter (born 1480)
- Brian mac Cathaoir O Conchobhair Failghe, last of the Kings of Ui Failghe
- See also Category: 1556 deaths.af:1556
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