Year 1556 (MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 4 – In Japan, Saitō Yoshitatsu...

Francis when he was confirmed. Victoire (24 June 1556 – 17 August 1556). Died in infancy. Jeanne (24 June 1556). Stillborn Though an Italian nation state had...

The Second Battle of Panipat was fought on 5 November 1556, between Akbar and the king of Delhi, Hemu. Hemu had conquered Delhi and Agra a few weeks earlier...

Events in the year 1556 in India. 14 February – at the age of 13 Akbar becomes the emperor of Mughal India 7 October – Hemu, the Chief Minister and general...

The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (Postal romanization: Shensi), known in Chinese colloquially by its regnal year as the Jiajing Great Earthquake "嘉靖大地震" (Jiājìng...

The Great Comet of 1556 (designated C/1556 D1 in modern nomenclature) was a comet that first appeared in February 1556, and which was observed throughout...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1556. Unknown dates The first printing press in India is introduced by Jesuits...

the world, taking the lead from Avaris, capital of the Hyksos in Egypt. 1556 BC—Cecrops I builds or rebuilds Athens following the great flood of Deucalion...

Nasir al-Din Muhammad (6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), commonly known by his regnal name Humayun (Persian pronunciation: [hu.mɑː.juːn]), was the second...

Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until...