Time Line 1555
- death of Pope Julius III
- death of Pope Marcellus II
- death of Saint Thomas of Villanova
- ordination as bishop of Pope Saint Pius V
- Saint Peter of Alcantara begins the reform of the Franciscan Order now known as the Strictest Observance
- ascension of Pope Marcellus II
- ascension of Pope Paul IV
| 1554 | 1556 |
