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Years: 1550 1551 1552 1553 1554 - 1555 - 1556 1557 1558 1559 1560

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland
• May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope.

• February 8 - Laurence Saunders martyred.
• March 23 - Pope Julius III
• May 6 - Pope Marcellus II
• May 25 - Henry II of Navarre
• October 16 - Nicholas Ridley martyred.
• October 16 - Hugh Latimer martyred.