1555

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1520s  1530s  1540s  – 1550s –  1560s  1570s  1580s
Years:	1552 1553 1554 – 1555 – 1556 1557 1558

1555 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1555 MDLV
Ab urbe condita	2308
Armenian calendar	1004 ԹՎ ՌԴ
Assyrian calendar	6305
Balinese saka calendar	1476–1477
Bengali calendar	962
Berber calendar	2505
English Regnal year	1 Ph. & M. – 2 Ph. & M.
Buddhist calendar	2099
Burmese calendar	917
Byzantine calendar	7063–7064
Chinese calendar	甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4251 or 4191     — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 4252 or 4192
Coptic calendar	1271–1272
Discordian calendar	2721
Ethiopian calendar	1547–1548
Hebrew calendar	5315–5316
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1611–1612
- Shaka Samvat	1476–1477
- Kali Yuga	4655–4656
Holocene calendar	11555
Igbo calendar	555–556
Iranian calendar	933–934
Islamic calendar	962–963
Japanese calendar	Tenbun 24 / Kōji 1 (弘治元年)
Javanese calendar	1473–1475
Julian calendar	1555 MDLV
Korean calendar	3888
Minguo calendar	357 before ROC 民前357年
Nanakshahi calendar	87
Thai solar calendar	2097–2098
Tibetan calendar	阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 1681 or 1300 or 528     — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 1682 or 1301 or 529

1555 (MDLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1555th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 555th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1550s decade. As of the start of 1555, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland
• February 2 – Diet of Augsburg begins
• February 4 – John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England
• February 9 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake
• May 23 – Paul IV becomes Pope.
• September 25 – Peace of Augsburg is signed.