Wars, battles and sieges12
- Battle of PanipatBattles
- Battle of InōBattles
- Battle of Nagara-gawaBattles
- Siege of OranSieges
- Battle of GarisiBattles
- Battle of PeteroaBattles
- Battle of TughlaqabadBattles
- Oshibara KuzureBattles
- Salt War1556–1557 · Wars & conflicts
- Siege of AdoniSieges
- Siege of SzigetvárSieges
- Siege of AmakazariSieges
Disasters1
- 1556 Shaanxi earthquakeNatural disasters
Expeditions1
- Expedition to VyborgExpeditions
Already under way in 155671
- Council of Trent1545–1563 · Politics
- Italian Wars1494–1559 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman Wars in Europe1354–1683 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman–Venetian Wars1396–1718 · Wars & conflicts
- Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire1532–1572 · Wars & conflicts
- Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars1487–1583 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman–Habsburg Wars1526–1791 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman–Persian Wars1514–1823 · Wars & conflicts
- European Wars of Religion1524–1697 · Wars & conflicts
- Arauco War1546–1609 · Wars & conflicts
- Battles of Kawanakajima1553–1564 · Battles
- Crimean-Russian Wars1507–1572 · Wars & conflicts
- Italian War of 1551–15591551–1559 · Wars & conflicts
- Russo-Swedish War of 1554–15571554–1557 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations1538–1718 · Wars & conflicts
Came to an end in 15561
- Temryuk War1551–1556 · Wars & conflicts
Founded or built in 15567
- Old City HallGovernment
- Borreby CastlePalaces
- Gunpowder TowerTowers
- Kuniyoshi CastleCastles & forts
- Bollani ArchMonuments
- Kōnomine CastleCastles & forts
- Aguas de la TrinidadArchaeology
Stories that pass through 1556
Nearby years
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