Year 1556 (MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 4 – In Japan, Saitō Yoshitatsu...
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Catherine de' Medici (redirect from Joan of France (1556))
Francis when he was confirmed. Victoire (24 June 1556 – 17 August 1556). Died in infancy. Jeanne (24 June 1556). Stillborn Though an Italian nation state had...
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Second Battle of Panipat (redirect from Battle of Panipat (1556))
The Second Battle of Panipat was fought on 5 November 1556, between Akbar and the king of Delhi, Hemu. Hemu had conquered Delhi and Agra a few weeks earlier...
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The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake (Postal romanization: Shensi), known in Chinese colloquially by its regnal year as the Jiajing Great Earthquake "嘉靖大地震" (Jiājìng...
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Humayun (redirect from Humayun, Emperor of Hindustan, 1508-1556)
Nasir al-Din Muhammad (6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), commonly known by his regnal name Humayun (Persian pronunciation: [hu.mɑː.juːn]), was the second...
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Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until...
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Kazan rebellion (redirect from Kazan Rebellion of 1552–1556)
The Kazan rebellion or Tatar Rebellion (1552–1556) was an uprising against Tsardom of Russia. It aimed to restore the Kazan Khanate, which the Russians...
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Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy...
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The Great Comet of 1556 (designated C/1556 D1 in modern nomenclature) was a comet that first appeared in February 1556, and which was observed throughout...
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Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (1546–1621) (redirect from Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (1556-1621))
Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (née Lady Elizabeth Hastings; 1546 – 24 August 1621) was a Scottish-born noblewoman. She was the daughter of...
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article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1556. Unknown dates The first printing press in India is introduced by Jesuits...
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borders while the abdication of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in January 1556 and division of his empire between Spain and Austria provided them with greater...
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empire at its greatest territorial extent. The abdication of Charles V in 1556 led to a division within the dynasty between his son Philip II of Spain and...
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(1535–1590) was a French noblewoman. She was a mistress to Henry II of France in 1556–57. De Savigny was the daughter of Georges II of Savigny and his first wife...
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the Habsburg Netherlands ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556 to 1714. They were a collection of States of the Holy Roman Empire in the...
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William Stafford (courtier) (redirect from William Stafford (1500-1556))
Sir William Stafford, of Chebsey, in Staffordshire (c. 1508 – 5 May 1556) was an Essex landowner and the second husband of Mary Boleyn, who was the sister...
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pronunciation: [ak.baɾ]), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan...
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Libya (section Islamic Libya: 647–1556)
Muhammad dynasty after Kanem rule. Ottomans finally conquered Fezzan between 1556 and 1577. After a successful invasion of Tripoli by Habsburg Spain in 1510...
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Mughal Empire (section Babur and Humayun (1526–1556))
instability of the empire became evident under his son, Humayun (reigned 1530–1556), who was forced into exile in Persia by rebels. The Sur Empire (1540–1555)...
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Temryuk War (redirect from Crimean-Circassian War (1556))
The Temryuk War or Crimean-Circassian War of 1551–1556 was a military conflict between the Crimean Khanate and the Kabardian Principality. Kabardian prince...
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Spain and the Habsburg dominions as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She is best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse...
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Ferdinand I (10 March 1503 – 25 July 1564) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from...
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mighty House of Habsburg, at first under Austrian rule (1506–1556), then under Spanish rule (1556–1714), before going back again to Austrian rule (1714–1794)...
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Government of Ireland: The Irish Privy Council and the Expansion of Tudor Rule 1556–1578. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7165-2498-4. "The Gazetteer of British...
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Events in the year 1556 in India. 14 February – at the age of 13 Akbar becomes the emperor of Mughal India 7 October – Hemu, the Chief Minister and general...
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SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.3217488. hdl:10419/185131. ISSN 1556-5068. "The Global Financial Centres Index 21" (PDF). Long Finance. March...
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Sophia Brahe (category 1556 births)
Sophia (or Sophie) Thott Lange (née Brahe; 24 August 1559 or 22 September 1556 – 1643), known by her maiden name, was a Danish noblewoman and horticulturalist...
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Frederick of Denmark (bishop) (redirect from Frederick of Denmark (1532-1556))
Frederick of Denmark (13 April 1532–7 October 1556) was the youngest son of Frederick I of Denmark and Sophie of Pomerania. He was the Prince-Bishop of...
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Countess Maria of Nassau (7 February 1556, Breda – 10 October 1616, Buren) was the second daughter of William the Silent by his first wife Anna of Egmont...
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