Editing 1556 (section)

== Deaths ==
[[File:Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Thomas Cranmer]]]]
[[File:St Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuits.jpg|thumbnail|right|110px|Saint [[Ignatius of Loyola]]]]
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Anne Shelton (courtier)|Anne Shelton]], English courtier, elder sister of Thomas Boleyn (b. [[1475]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Shelton family|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-70835|year=2004 |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/70835}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Humayun]], 2nd [[Mughal Emperor]] (b. [[1508]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Syed |first1=Muzaffar H. |title=History of Indian Nation : Medieval India |date=20 February 2022 |publisher=K. K. Publications |page=116 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=US5gEAAAQBAJ&q=%2227%20january%22 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Poggio]], Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. [[1493]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of November 20, 1551 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1551-ii.htm#Poggio |website=cardinals.fiu.edu |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Frederick II, Elector Palatine]] (1544–1556) (b. [[1482]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Neues Archiv für die Geschichte der Stadt Heidelberg und der rheinischen Pfalz |date=1890 |publisher=G. Koester |page=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OuLlLPAfCaIC&dq=Friedrich+II+pfalz+%2226+februar+1556%22&pg=PA97 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cranmer]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (burned at the stake) (b. [[1489]])<ref>{{cite book|author=J.R. Broome|title=Thomas Cranmer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X3JxDZ9QUGQC&pg=PA5|date=June 1998|publisher=Gospel Standard Publications|isbn=978-1-897837-11-5|pages=5}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] 
** [[Luigi Alamanni]], Italian poet and statesman (b. [[1495]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Efemeridi letterarie di Roma |date=1806 |publisher=Vincenzo Poggioli |page=339 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqPEM8sj6v8C&dq=Luigi+Alamanni+%2218+aprile+1556%22&pg=PA339 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
** [[John Gage (Tudor politician)|John Gage]], English courtier of the Tudor period (b. [[1479]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Gage, Sir John|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-10272|year=2004 |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/10272}}</ref>
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Valentin Friedland]], German scholar and educationist of the Reformation (b. [[1490]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Jahrbücher der deutschen Turnkunst: Blätter für die Angelegenheiten die deutschen Turnwesens, vornehmlich in seiner Richtung auf Erziehung und Gesundheitspflege |date=1890 |publisher=Anhuth |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OFZpiwNRpaMC&dq=Valentin+Friedland+%2226+april+1556%22&pg=PA76 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[Luca Ghini]], Italian physician and botanist (b. [[1490]])<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chiarugi |first1=Alberto |title=NEL QUARTO CENTENARIO DELLA MORTE DI LUCA GHINI 1490–1556 |journal=Webbia |date=January 1957 |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=1–14 |doi=10.1080/00837792.1957.10669672 |bibcode=1957Webbi..13....1C |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00837792.1957.10669672 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=it |issn=0083-7792}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Saitō Dōsan]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1494]])
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Martin Agricola]], German composer (b. [[1486]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Don Michael Randel|title=The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT25|date=30 October 2002|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-25572-2|pages=25}}</ref>
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Joan of Valois (1556)|Joan of Valois]], French princess (b. 1556)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kosior |first1=Katarzyna |title=Becoming a Queen in Early Modern Europe: East and West |date=2019 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-030-11848-8 |pages=139–172 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-11848-8_5 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=en |chapter=Conception, Childbirth, and Motherhood: Performing a Royal Family|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-11848-8_5 |s2cid=150761162 }}</ref>
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Ignatius of Loyola]], Spanish founder of the Jesuit order and saint (b. [[1491]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Loyola |first1=Ignatius |last2=O'Conor |first2=Joseph |title=The autobiography of St. Ignatius |date=1900 |publisher=Benziger Brothers |location=New York |page=165 |url=https://archive.org/details/stignatiusautobi00ignauoft/page/n179/mode/2up?q=july |access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Girolamo da Carpi]], Italian painter (b. [[1501]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Olszewski |first1=Edward J. |last2=Dunbar |first2=Burton Lewis |title=Sixteenth-century Italian Drawings |date=2008 |publisher=Harvey Miller |isbn=978-1-905375-10-3 |page=141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uZPrAAAAMAAJ&q=Girolamo+da+Carpi+1+agosto+1556 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[John Bell (bishop of Worcester)|John Bell]], Bishop of Worcester<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abingdon |first1=Thomas |title=The Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Worcester |date=1723 |publisher=W. Mears; and J. Hooke |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5J9bAAAAQAAJ&dq=John+Bell+%2211+august+1556%22&pg=PA104 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 17]] &ndash;  [[Victoria of Valois]], French princess (b. 1556)
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell]], Scottish traitor (b. [[1512]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meginness |first1=John Franklin |title=The Historical Journal |date=1894 |publisher=Gazette and Bulletin Print. House |page=66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZUyAQAAMAAJ&dq=Patrick+Hepburn+%22september+1556%22&pg=PA66 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Frederick of Denmark (bishop)|Frederick of Denmark]], Prince-bishop (b. [[1532]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roerdam |first1=Holger |title=Historiske Kildeskrifter og Bearbejdelser af Dansk Historie |date=1873 |publisher=G. E. C. Gad |page=706 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ajULGtXUXu0C&dq=Frederik+af+Danmark+%2227+oktober+1556%22&pg=PA706 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=da}}</ref>
* [[October 21]] &ndash; [[Pietro Aretino]], Italian author (b. [[1492]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aretino |first1=Pietro |title=L'oeuvre du divin Arétin |date=1909 |publisher=Bibliothèque des Curieux |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FL4uAQAAIAAJ&dq=Pietro+Aretino+%2221+octobre+1556%22&pg=PA3 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Richard Chancellor]], English Arctic explorer (drowned at sea) (b. c. [[1521]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wagner |first1=John A. |last2=Schmid |first2=Susan Walters |title=Encyclopedia of Tudor England |date=9 December 2011 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-59884-299-9 |page=249 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7uPNEAAAQBAJ&dq=Richard+Chancellor+%2210+november+1556%22&pg=PA249 |access-date=14 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[Giovanni della Casa]], Italian poet (b. [[1503]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Opere di Monsignor Giovanni Della Casa |date=1806 |publisher=Società tipografica de'Classici italiani |page=79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xs8AQAAMAAJ&q=14%20novembre%201556%22 |access-date=15 October 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[Tullia d'Aragona]], Italian poet, author and philosopher (b. [[1510]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Tullia d'Aragona |url=http://www.projectcontinua.org/tullia-d-aragona/ |website=projectcontinua |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref>
** [[Fuzûlî]], Turkish poet (b. [[1494]])<ref>{{cite thesis |last=DEMİREL |first=Hamide |date= |title=A study of the poet Fuzuli (c. 1480-1556) with special reference to his Turkish, Persian, and Arabic divians|url=https://teav.ankara.edu.tr/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.12575/44013/12101.pdf?sequence=1 |type=PhD|page=1 |publisher=University of Durham |access-date=15 October 2023}}</ref>
*''probable'' 
** Brian mac Cathaoir O Conchobhair Failghe, last of the [[Kings of Ui Failghe]]
** [[Jacob Clemens non Papa]], Flemish composer (b. [[1510]])<ref>{{cite book |title=A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. To which is Prefixed, a Dissertation on the Music of the Ancients.|date=1789 |publisher=Robson and Clark, Bond-Street |page=311 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vCbJ4lV9sa4C&dq=Jacob+Clemens+non+Papa+%221556%22&pg=PA309 |access-date=15 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>