WHAT HAPPENED IN 1556.
Look what happened the 1556.

In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake. (21. March 1556)

Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic. (14. February 1556)

The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs. (27. June 1556)

Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain. (15. September 1556)

Philip II becomes King of Spain. (16. January 1556)

The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000. (23. January 1556)

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