Year by year · 16th century
1555
1555 in world history: 8 events, 3 births, 5 deaths, 3 states founded and 3 that came to an end. 999 recorded states existed that year.
Events
Treaty · Peace
Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Augsburg was a settlement agreed in 1555 between Emperor Charles V's government and the Lutheran princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
Treaty · Peace
Peace of Amasya
The Peace of Amasya was the treaty concluded on 29 May 1555 between Suleiman the Magnificent and Shah Tahmasp I, ending the Ottoman–Safavid war of 1532–1555.
Battle
Battle of Miyajima
The Battle of Miyajima was fought in 1555 on the island of Itsukushima in the Inland Sea of Japan.
In the profiles
Holy Roman EmpireThe Peace of Augsburg lets rulers choose Catholicism or Lutheranism for their lands
Mughal EmpireHumayun recovers Delhi after years of exile under Sher Shah Suri's rule
Grand Duchy of TuscanySiena surrenders to Cosimo I de’ Medici
Kingdom of ImeretiThe Treaty of Amasya places western Georgia in the Ottoman sphere
Wars and longer events
Born in 1555 3
Died in 1555 5
States founded 3
States that came to an end 3
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