Famous Deaths for Year 1555
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Months in Year 1555: February March April May June August September October November
Deaths 1 - 19 of 19
Feb 9th - John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy
Feb 9th - Rowland Taylor, English pastor (executed) (b. 1510)
Mar 23rd - Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67
Mar 27th - William Hunter, Protestant martyr
Apr 12th - Joanna of Castile (Joanna the mad), wife of Philip I of Castile dies at 75
May 1st - Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53
May 25th - Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46
May 25th - Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
Jun 7th - Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76
Jun 23rd - Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)
Aug 8th - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)
Sep 8th - Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies
Oct 7th - Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)
Oct 9th - Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)
Oct 16th - Hugh Latimer, English bishop and royal chaplain, burned at the stake as one of the Oxford Martyrs at 80
Oct 16th - Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned at the stake as an Oxford martyr
Nov 12th - Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65
Nov 21st - Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61
Nov 24th - French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65
