Deaths on October 26

Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian-German scholar and educator (b. 1526)

Olimpia Fulvia Morata (1526 – 26 October 1555) was an Italian classical scholar.

22 Jan

Taungoo Dynasty
The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Burma.
9 Feb

Burned at the stake
Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
18 Jul

Mary I of England
The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.