Years: 1552 1553 1554 - 1555 - 1556 1557 1558

Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century 1555 in literature

Events

• Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland
• May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope.
• September 25 - Peace of Augsburg is signed.

Births

• Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer
• April 19 - Lodovico Carracci (Ludovico), Italian painter

Deaths

• February 8 - Laurence Saunders martyred.
• March 23 - Pope Julius III
• May 6 - Pope Marcellus II
• May 25 - Henry II of Navarre
• October 16 - Nicholas Ridley martyred.
• October 16 - Hugh Latimer martyred.