Editing 1554 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 5]] &ndash; A great fire breaks out in [[Eindhoven]], Netherlands.
* [[January 12]] (10th waxing of Tabodwe 915 ME) &ndash; [[Bayinnaung]] is crowned king of the Burmese [[Taungoo Dynasty]] at his new capital at [[Bago, Myanmar|Pegu]], after a previous coronation on January 11, 1551, and takes the regnal name of Thiri Thudhamma Yaza.<ref>{{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=[[Hmannan Yazawin]] | volume=2 | orig-year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | year=2003 | publisher=[[Ministry of Information, Myanmar]] |pages=280–281}}</ref>
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon|Edward Courtenay]], one of the four plotters of [[Wyatt's rebellion]] in England, is arrested and reveals that an attempt will be made to overthrow the English government.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thorp |first=Malcolm R. |title=Religion and the Wyatt Rebellion of 1554 |journal=Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture |volume=47 |number=4 |year=1978 |jstor=3164313 |page=375|doi=10.2307/3164313 }}</ref>
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[São Paulo]], [[Colonial Brazil|Brazil]], is founded.<ref>{{cite book|author=University of Gauhati|title=Journal of the University of Gauhati|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y9QMJ4lXdEAC|year=1952|publisher=The University|page=237}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Wyatt's rebellion]] begins in England at [[Maidstone]] as [[Thomas Wyatt the Younger|Sir Thomas Wyatt]] reads a proclamation that Queen Mary of England’s marriage to King Philip of Spain will "bring upon this realm most miserable servitude, and establish popish religion". Within two days, Wyatt has raised 2,000 soldiers to join his plan to overthrow Queen Mary.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fletcher |first=Anthony |title=Tudor Rebellions |publisher=Longman Group Limited |edition=Second |year=1970 |page=81 |isbn=9780582313897 |url=https://archive.org/details/tudorrebellions0000flet_t8l4/mode/2up |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 30]] &ndash; [[Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk]], one of the English conspirators in Wyatt's rebellion, leads troops from [[Leicester]] to [[Coventry]], but the group finds that the gates of the city are closed because the rebellion has been exposed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Froude |first=James Anthony |title=The Reign of Mary Tudor |publisher=London: J. M. Dent & Sons, New York: P. Dutton & Co. |year=1910  |url=https://archive.org/details/reignofmarytudor01frou/mode/2up |access-date=8 December 2021 |pages=100–101}}</ref> 
* [[February 9]] &ndash; [[Thomas Wyatt the Younger|Thomas Wyatt]] surrenders to government forces in [[London]].<ref name=Palmer1992>{{cite book |last1=Palmer |first1=Alan |last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica |year=1992 |title=The Chronology of British History |publisher=Century Ltd |location=London |pages=150–153 |isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash; After claiming the throne of [[Kingdom of England|England]] the previous year, [[Lady Jane Grey]] is beheaded for treason.
* [[March 18]] &ndash; Princess [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth]] is imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]] on charges of working with the organizers of [[Wyatt's rebellion]] for the overthrow of Queen Mary of England.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Prescott |first=H. F. M. |title=Mary Tudor: The Spanish Tudor |publisher=Phoenix |edition=1953 Reissue |year=1953 |pages=325–326 |isbn=9781842126257 |url=https://archive.org/details/marytudorspanish0000pres |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>