1553 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1520s 1530s 1540s – 1550s – 1560s 1570s 1580s
Years:	1550 1551 1552 – 1553 – 1554 1555 1556

Events

June 26 – Christ's Hospital and King Edward's School, Witley created by Royal Charter
July 6 – Edward VI of England dies
July 10 – Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England – for the next nine days
July 18 – Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen – Lady Jane Grey willingly gives up the title of queen.
August 2 – Battle of Marciano. French forces invading Italy under Marshal Blaise de Monluc are defeated by an imperial army under the Marquis of Marignano and are forced to retreat into Siena, which is besieged by the imperial forces.
August 3 – Queen Mary arrives in London
August 22 – Duke of Northumberland, supporter of Jane Grey, executed
September Protestant bishops in England are arrested and Roman Catholic bishops are restored
September 23 – The Sadians consolidate their power in Morocco by defeating the last of their enemies
October 27 – Calvinists burn Michael Servetus as a heretic in Geneva
Battle of Sievershausen – Elector Maurice of Saxony defeats the Catholic forces of Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. Maurice is mortally wounded.
Shanghai is fortified for the first time.