Editing 1555 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul IV]] creates the [[Roman Ghetto]], the first Jewish ghetto in Rome.
* [[August 24]] &ndash; England's [[Thomas Thirlby]], the first and only Roman Catholic Archbishop of Norwich and Queen Mary's envoy to [[Pope Paul IV]], returns to London from bearing a papal bull that confirms Queen Mary's jurisdiction over Ireland.<ref>{{DNB |first=Thompson |last=Cooper |author-link=Thompson Cooper |wstitle=Thirlby, Thomas |volume=56 |page=137}}</ref>
* [[September 25]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Augsburg]] is signed between [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], and the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] [[Schmalkaldic League]], establishing the principle ''[[Cuius regio, eius religio]]'', that is, rulers within the Empire can choose the religion of their realm.
* September &ndash; The [[1555 Kashmir earthquake]] causes widespread destruction and death in Kashmir, India.<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web |title=Significant Earthquake Information India: Kashmir: Srinagar |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/10493 |website=ngdc.noaa.gov |publisher=NCEI |access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref>