1555 (MDLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s – 1550s – 1560s 1570s 1580s |
| Years: | 1552 1553 1554 – 1555 – 1556 1557 1558 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1555 MDLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2308 |
| Armenian calendar | 1004 ԹՎ ՌԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6305 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1476–1477 |
| Bengali calendar | 962 |
| Berber calendar | 2505 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Ph. & M. – 2 Ph. & M. |
| Buddhist calendar | 2099 |
| Burmese calendar | 917 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7063–7064 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4251 or 4191 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 4252 or 4192 |
| Coptic calendar | 1271–1272 |
| Discordian calendar | 2721 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1547–1548 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5315–5316 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1611–1612 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1476–1477 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4655–4656 |
| Holocene calendar | 11555 |
| Igbo calendar | 555–556 |
| Iranian calendar | 933–934 |
| Islamic calendar | 962–963 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 24 / Kōji 1 (弘治元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1473–1475 |
| Julian calendar | 1555 MDLV |
| Korean calendar | 3888 |
| Minguo calendar | 357 before ROC 民前357年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 87 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2097–2098 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 1681 or 1300 or 528 — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 1682 or 1301 or 529 |
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Events
change- Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland
- February 2 – Diet of Augsburg begins
- February 4 – John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England
- February 9 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake
- May 23 – Paul IV becomes Pope.
- September 25 – Peace of Augsburg is signed.