WHAT HAPPENED IN 1555.
Look what happened the 1555.

The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now present-day Burma. (22. January 1555)

Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. (9. February 1555)

The city of Valencia is founded in present-day Venezuela. (25. March 1555)

After 18 months of siege, Siena surrenders to the Florentine-Imperial army. The Republic of Siena is incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. (17. April 1555)

The Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola. (2. July 1555)

The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain. (18. July 1555)

The Peace of Augsburg is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League. (25. September 1555)

French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (1. November 1555)

The English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism. (12. November 1555)

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