Nekrolog 1555
This is a list of famous people who died in 1555 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 9th | Johann von Schönburg | Bishop of Gurk (1552–1555) | ||
| January 14th | Jacobus Sylvius | French anatomist | ||
| January | Sulaqa | Counter-Patriarch of the East Syrian Church of the East |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 4th | Berend von Plesse | Landlord and initiator of the Reformation movement in Mecklenburg | ||
| February 4th | John Rogers | English Catholic priest and theologian, then Protestant clergyman and martyr | ||
| February 8 | Laurence Saunders | English evangelical martyr | ||
| February 9 | Christian Egenolff | German book printer | 52 | |
| February 9 | John Hooper | Reformed theologian and reformer | ||
| 14th of February | Wolf of Gemmingen | Landlord in Gemmingen, Kleingartach, Niederhofen and Stetten am Heuchelberg | ||
| February 28 | Jordan Basedow | German canon and councilor |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th March | Johannes Cincinnius | Westphalian humanist | ||
| March 18th | Sebastian von Heusenstamm | Archbishop of Mainz, Imperial Arch Chancellor | 47 | |
| March 23 | Julius III. | Pope (1550–1555) | 67 | |
| 25th March | Hans Konrad Thumb from Neuburg | Württemberg hereditary marshal |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5th | Philipp Renner | Bishop of Lavant | ||
| April 6th | Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi | Papal legate and trader of indulgences, Bishop of Novara and Archbishop of Milan | 69 | |
| 12. April | Johanna | Queen and Titular Queen of Castile and Aragon | 75 | |
| 17th April | Nicolaus II von Carlowitz | Bishop of Meissen | ||
| April 18 | Polydor Virgil | Italian humanist | ||
| April 21 | Endres Dürer | German gold and silversmith | 70 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st of May | Marcellus II. | Pope (from April 9th to May 1st, 1555) | 53 | |
| May 4th | Gotthard III. from Hoeveln | Mayor of Lübeck | ||
| 8th of May | Giovanni Battista del Tasso | Italian carver, sculptor and architect | ||
| 8th of May | Johannes Scheyring | Mayor of Magdeburg and Chancellor of Mecklenburg | 50 | |
| May 14th | Martin Heuseler | Lawyer, Dresden councilor and mayor | ||
| May 21 | George III | Landgrave of Leuchtenberg | 52 | |
| 23. May | Johannes von Heppenheim called from the hall | noble canon in the prince-bishopric of Speyer and in the prince-bishopric of Worms, Speyer cathedral dean | ||
| 25. May | Gemma R. Frisius | Mathematician, instrument maker and cartographer | 46 | |
| May 27th | Wolf von Bettendorf | Oberamtmann in Otzberg | ||
| May 29th | Henry II | Titular King of Navarre | 52 | |
| 31. May | Johann Sebastian von Hirnheim | Nobleman, lawyer, judge at the Reich Chamber of Commerce |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 5th | Anthony Niger | German humanist, scientist, doctor | ||
| June 7th | Maarten van Rossum | Gelderland military leader | ||
| June 10th | Elisabeth of Denmark, Norway and Sweden | Electress of Brandenburg | 69 | |
| 23rd June | Pedro Mascarenhas | Portuguese navigator, explorer and diplomat |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd July | Girolamo dai Libri | Italian painter | ||
| July 6th | Antonio Musa Brassavola | Italian doctor and botanist | 55 | |
| July 26th | Wolfgang Hunger | German lawyer, university professor and Freising Chancellor |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th August | Oronce Fine | French mathematician | 60 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 8th | Thomas of Villanova | Monk and archbishop |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th October | Edward Wotton | British doctor and zoologist | ||
| October 7th | Wilhelm Rivenus | German teacher of the Reformation, rector in Lübeck and Magdeburg | ||
| 9th October | Justus Jonas the Elder | German reformer | 62 | |
| October, 16th | Hugh Latimer | Anglican theologian | ||
| October, 16th | Christoph Laurel | Mayor of Stralsund | ||
| October, 16th | Nicholas Ridley | Bishop of Rochester in England | ||
| October 26th | Olympia Fulvia Morata | Italian poet and humanist scholar |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 4th | Agnes of Hesse | German nobles, by marriage Electress of Saxony | 28 | |
| November 8th | Gian Giacomo Medici | Italian condottiere, Duke of Marignano and Marquis of Musso and Lecco | ||
| November 12th | Stephan Gardiner | English reformist and statesman, Lord Chancellor of England | ||
| November 13th | Michael Meyenburg | Mayor of the free imperial city of Nordhausen | ||
| 21st November | Georgius Agricola | German mineralogist | 61 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 5th | Wolfgang von Salm | Bishop of Passau | ||
| December 8th | Valentin Tschudi | Pastor, reformer and chronicler in Glarus | 56 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemente Bandinelli | Italian sculptor | |||
| Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder | German Renaissance painter and portraitist | |||
| Giovanni Francesco Caroto | Italian painter | |||
| John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine | Scottish nobleman, 5th Lord Erskine | |||
| Pierfrancesco Giambullari | Italian writer | |||
| Pierre Gilles | French humanist, scientist and explorer | |||
| Ingerd Ottesdotter | Norwegian landowner and liege mistress | |||
| Philip de Lalaing | Imperial governor of the Duchy of Jülich and the province of Geldern and Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1544–1555) | |||
| Matthias Lauterwald | German philologist, mathematician and Protestant theologian | |||
| Hermann Marsow | Lutheran theologian and reformer of Livonia | |||
| Jan Mostaert | Dutch painter | |||
| Gumprecht II of Neuenahr-Alpen | Count of Limburg | |||
| Johann Russe | Chronicler of the history of Dithmarsch | |||
| Marx Schickhardt | Württemberg carpenter | 50 | ||
| Joseph Schmid | German sculptor | |||
| Wa Shi | noble warrior from the Zhuang people | |||
| Hans von Toerring zu Seefeld and Jettenbach | noble landlord |