1555 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s – 1550s – 1560s 1570s 1580s |
Years: | 1552 1553 1554 – 1555 – 1556 1557 1558 |
Gregorian calendar | 1555 MDLV |
Ab urbe condita | 2308 |
Armenian calendar | 1004 ԹՎ ՌԴ |
Assyrian calendar | 6305 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1476–1477 |
Bengali calendar | 962 |
Berber calendar | 2505 |
English Regnal year | 1 Ph. & M. – 2 Ph. & M. |
Buddhist calendar | 2099 |
Burmese calendar | 917 |
Byzantine calendar | 7063–7064 |
Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4251 or 4191 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 4252 or 4192 |
Coptic calendar | 1271–1272 |
Discordian calendar | 2721 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1547–1548 |
Hebrew calendar | 5315–5316 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1611–1612 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1476–1477 |
- Kali Yuga | 4655–4656 |
Holocene calendar | 11555 |
Igbo calendar | 555–556 |
Iranian calendar | 933–934 |
Islamic calendar | 962–963 |
Japanese calendar | Tenbun 24 / Kōji 1 (弘治元年) |
Javanese calendar | 1473–1475 |
Julian calendar | 1555 MDLV |
Korean calendar | 3888 |
Minguo calendar | 357 before ROC 民前357年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 87 |
Thai solar calendar | 2097–2098 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 1681 or 1300 or 528 — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 1682 or 1301 or 529 |
1555 (MDLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1555th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 555th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1550s decade. As of the start of 1555, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland
- February 2 – Diet of Augsburg begins
- February 4 – John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England
- February 9 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake
- May 23 – Paul IV becomes Pope.
- September 25 – Peace of Augsburg is signed.