Events Date 1556 | History by KabAstro

Charles V Abdicates

Jan 16 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V abdicates his role as King of Spain and appoints his son Philip II of Spain

Jan 23 Shaanxi Earthquake, the deadliest ever recorded, kills 830,000 in Shaanxi Province, China

Jan 27 William I of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Feb 5 King Henry II of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sign the Treaty of Vaucelles, creating a temporary truce in the Italian War of 1551–59

Feb 14 Akbar is crowned the 3rd Mughal Emperor, succeeding his late father Humayun

Feb 14 English Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared a heretic
Mar 22 Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury
Mar 28 Origin of Fasli Era (India)
Mar 28 Philip II of Spain is formally crowned King of Spain
Apr 13 Portuguese converted Christian Marranos who revert to Judaism burned by order of Pope
Aug 27 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V abdicates in favor of his brother Ferdinand I

Sep 9 Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand I of Austria Holy Roman Emperor

Sep 15 Charles V and Maria of Hungary return to Spain and retire to the Monastery of Yuste in Extremadura

Oct 17 Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain
Nov 5 Second Battle of Panipat: Hindu Emperor of north India Hem Chandra Vikramaditya defeated by forces of Mughal Emperor Akbar, who captures and later beheads Hem Chandra
Nov 23 King Philip II confers with Dutch financial experts