Famous Deaths for Year 1556
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Months in Year 1556: March April May June July August October November December
Deaths 1 - 11 of 11
Mar 19th - Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70
Mar 21st - Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66
Apr 18th - Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61
May 28th - Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)
Jun 10th - Martin Agricola [M Sore], German composer/cantor, dies
Jul 31st - Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest, theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus, dies in Rome at about 65
Aug 25th - David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54
Oct 31st - John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50
Nov 10th - Richard Chancellor, English explorer, dies in shipwreck off Scotland
Nov 14th - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b. 1504)
Dec 23rd - Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)
