John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (b. 1495)
John Roy Hooper (also Johan Hoper; c. 1495 – 9 February 1555) was an English churchman, Anglican Bishop of Gloucester, later of Worcester and Gloucester, a Protestant reformer and a Protestant martyr. A proponent of the English Reformation, he was executed for heresy by burning during the reign of Queen Mary I.
1555Feb, 9
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- 22Jan
Taungoo Dynasty
The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Burma. - 9Feb
Burned at the stake
Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake. - 18Jul
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. - 1Nov
France Antarctique
French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.