1556 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1556?
- 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 In The Year 1556?
- 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)
Who Died In The Year 1556?
- March 21, 1556 – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (b. 1489)
- April 18, 1556 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (b. 1495)
- May 28, 1556 – Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494)
- June 10, 1556 – Martin Agricola, German composer (b. 1486)
- July 31, 1556 – Ignatius Loyola, Spanish priest and founder of the Jesuits (b. 1491)
- November 14, 1556 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b. 1504)
- December 23, 1556 – Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)
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