1554

1554 (MDLIV) was a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar.

1554 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1554 MDLIV
Ab urbe condita	2307
Armenian calendar	1003 ԹՎ ՌԳ
Assyrian calendar	6304
Balinese saka calendar	1475–1476
Bengali calendar	961
Berber calendar	2504
English Regnal year	1 Mar. 1 – 1 Ph. & M.
Buddhist calendar	2098
Burmese calendar	916
Byzantine calendar	7062–7063
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4250 or 4190     — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4251 or 4191
Coptic calendar	1270–1271
Discordian calendar	2720
Ethiopian calendar	1546–1547
Hebrew calendar	5314–5315
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1610–1611
- Shaka Samvat	1475–1476
- Kali Yuga	4654–4655
Holocene calendar	11554
Igbo calendar	554–555
Iranian calendar	932–933
Islamic calendar	961–962
Japanese calendar	Tenbun 23 (天文２３年)
Javanese calendar	1472–1473
Julian calendar	1554 MDLIV
Korean calendar	3887
Minguo calendar	358 before ROC 民前358年
Nanakshahi calendar	86
Thai solar calendar	2096–2097
Tibetan calendar	ཆུ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Water-Ox) 1680 or 1299 or 527     — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Wood-Tiger) 1681 or 1300 or 528

Events

• January 5 – Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• February – Thomas Wyatt surrenders to government forces in London.
• February 12 – After claiming the throne of England the previous year, Lady Jane Grey is beheaded for treason alongside her husband.
• March 17 – Princess Elizabeth imprisoned in The Tower.
• April 12 – Mary of Guise becomes Regent of Scotland.
• July 23 – 25 – Wedding of Queen Mary I of England and King Philip of Naples, only son of Emperor Charles V in Winchester, England.
• August 12 – Battle of Renty. French forces led by Francis, Duke of Guise turn back an invasion of Picardy by Charles V.
• The French forces in Siena surrender to the Imperialists after a long siege.
• Mikael Agricola becomes the bishop of Turku.
• Jesuits establish São Paulo in Brazil.