CalendarZ

  1. Home
  2. On This Day
  3. November
  4. 10
  5. Richard Chancellor

Deaths on November 10

Richard Chancellor
1556Nov, 10

Richard Chancellor

Richard Chancellor, English explorer(b. c. 1521)
Richard Chancellor (died 10 November 1556) was an English explorer and navigator; the first to penetrate to the White Sea and establish relations with the Tsardom of Russia.

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1556

  • 23Jan

    1556 Shaanxi earthquake

    The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
  • 21Mar

    Thomas Cranmer

    In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake.
  • 27Jun

    Burned at the stake

    The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
  • 15Sep

    Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

    Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.