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    Year 1555 (MDLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 22 – The Kingdom of Ava in...
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    Stephen Gardiner (category 1555 deaths)
    Stephen Gardiner (27 July 1483 – 12 November 1555) was an English Catholic bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord...
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    John Rogers (c. 1505 – 4 February 1555) was an English clergyman, Bible translator and commentator. He guided the development of the Matthew Bible in vernacular...
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    NGC 1555, sometimes known as Hind's Variable Nebula, Sh2-238 or HH 155, is a variable nebula 4 light years across, illuminated by the star T Tauri, located...
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    reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events...
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    The Ottoman–Safavid War of 1532–1555 was one of the many military conflicts fought between the two arch rivals, the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the...
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    François, Duke of Anjou and Alençon (French: Hercule François; 18 March 1555 – 10 June 1584) was the youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine...
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  • Battle of Sirhind was fought between the Mughal Empire and the Suri Empire in 1555. Humayun had been in exile for 15 years after being forced to flee by Sher...
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    Gedik Ahmed Pasha (died 1482) Sinan Reis (died 1546) Piri Reis (died 1554 or 1555) Turgut Reis (1485–1565) Sinan Pasha (died 1553) Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis...
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    porous structure of the subsoil. Large earthquakes occurred in Skopje in 518, 1555 and 1963. The Skopje valley belongs to the Vardar geotectonic region, the...
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    Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (24 June 1485 – 10 June 1555) was a Danish princess who became Electress of Brandenburg as the spouse of Joachim...
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  • Events from the year 1555 in art. Villa Giulia is completed, which now houses the National Etruscan Museum's collection of Etruscan civilization art and...
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    1555 Poydras (formerly the Exxon Building), is a high-rise office building located at 1555 Poydras Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans...
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  • Stanisław Kostka (1475–1555) was a Polish noble, adviser to King Sigismund I the Old and King Sigismund II Augustus I. He had ten children with his consort...
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  • 1555 papal conclave may refer to: April 1555 papal conclave, which elected Marcellus II to succeed Julius III May 1555 papal conclave, which elected Paul...
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  • 1550s BC (redirect from 1555 BC)
    Decades 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC 1540s BC 1530s BC Years 1559 BC 1558 BC 1557 BC 1556 BC 1555 BC 1554 BC 1553 BC 1552 BC 1551 BC 1550 BC Categories v t e...
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    First Fruits, etc. Act 1555 Act of Parliament Parliament of England Long title An Act for the Extinguishment of the First Fruits, and touching Order and...
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    The Duchy of Lancaster is an estate of the British sovereign. The estate has its origins in the lands held by the medieval Dukes of Lancaster, which came...
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  • Din, Sultan (1526–1553) Ali ibn Umar Din, Sultan (1553–1555) Barakat ibn Umar Din, Sultan (1555–1559) Warsangali Sultanate – Garad Ali Dable, Sultan (1491–1503)...
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    1555 Dejan, provisional designation 1941 SA, is an asteroid from the background population of the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 22...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1555. unknown dates The Portuguese humanist writer Achilles Statius relocates...
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    translation of the Bible began the standardization of the language; the 1555 Peace of Augsburg tolerated the "Evangelical" faith (Lutheranism), but also...
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    1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg. His dominions...
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  • Events in the year 1555 in Norway. Monarch: Christian III Inger Ottesdotter Rømer and her daughter Lucie Nilsdatter dies in a shipwrecking off the coast...
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    Finland's current capital city, Helsinki, was founded by King Gustav Vasa in 1555. The first university in Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku, was established...
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    Sanskrit word Cīna, used in ancient India. "China" appears in Richard Eden's 1555 translation of the 1516 journal of the Portuguese explorer Duarte Barbosa...
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    campaign of 1554–1555 was the final bout of hostilities between the Ottomans and the Safavids during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532–1555. It was launched...
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  • John Mill (1474/76–1551) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Southampton in 1529 and 1539. "MILL, John I (1474/76-1551)...
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  • Shah Suri was Sultan of Hindustan from January 1555 until his deposition and defeat in February 1555. He came to power after revolting against Adil Shah...
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    Pope Marcellus II (category 1555 deaths)
    1501 – 1 May 1555), born Marcello Cervini degli Spannocchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 10 April 1555 to his death...
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