What is 1553?
{{Year nav|1553}} {{Year in various calendars|1553}} {{Year article header|1553}} == 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 [[Mary I of England|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 [[wikt:defeat|defeat]]ed 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]] – [[Calvinism|Calvinists]] burn [[Michael Servetus]] as a [[heretic]] in [[Geneva City|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. [[Category:1553| ]]