Hugh Latimer, English bishop and saint (b. 1487)
Hugh Latimer (c. 1487 – 16 October 1555) was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and Bishop of Worcester during the Reformation, and later Church of England chaplain to King Edward VI. In 1555 under the Catholic Queen Mary I he was burned at the stake, becoming one of the three Oxford Martyrs of Anglicanism.
1555Oct, 16
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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.