Historical Events In 1558

Jan 07   In the year 1558 calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French  

Jan 07   In the year 1558 calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French under Francois, Duke of Guise  

Jan 08   On this day in history french troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais  

Jan 09   On this day in history geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland  

Jan 11   On this day in history westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm  

Feb 03   In the year 1558 alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies  

Mar 05   Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes in the year 1558.  

Mar 13   Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 14   Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor in the year 1558.  

Mar 24   On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies  

Mar 25   Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer in the year 1558.  

Apr 04   In the year 1558 czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders  

Apr 18   Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on this day in history.  

Apr 24   Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois on this day in history.  

Apr 26   On this day in history jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies  

Apr 26   Jean Fran‡ois Fernel French physician, dies on this day in history.  

May 16   Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) in the year 1558.  

Jun 04   On this day in history maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43  

Jul 11   In the year 1558 robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)  

Jul 13   Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines on this day in history.  

Jul 23   In the year 1558 battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France  

Aug 04   In the year 1558 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)  

Aug 19   In the year 1558 paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian  

Aug 25   In the year 1558 king Francis II of France marries Mary, Queen of Scots.  

Sep 21   Charles V, King of Spain (Carlos I)/Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Oct 09   In the year 1558 mérida is founded in Venezuela.  

Oct 18   Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Neth (1531-55), dies at 53 in the year 1558.  

Oct 21   In the year 1558 julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician (Poetice), dies at 74  

Nov 06   On this day in history thomas Kyd, English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy)  

Nov 07   On this day in history french king Henri II occupies Calais  

Nov 12   Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 17   On this day in history elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary  

Nov 17   Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Nov 23   In the year 1558 charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Neth, dies at 52  

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May 16   In the year 1558 birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

Jul 11   On this day in history birth of robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)  

Aug 19   On this day in history birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian  

Sep 09   In the year 1558 birth of philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602)  

Oct 12   On this day in history birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)  

Oct 12   In the year 1558 birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)  

Nov 06   On this day in history birth of thomas Kyd, English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy)  

Feb 03   In the year 1558 alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies  

Feb 25   In the year 1558 death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)  

Mar 13   In the year 1558 jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies  

Mar 24   In the year 1558 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies  

Mar 25   Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer died in the year 1558.  

Apr 18   In the year 1558 death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent  

Apr 20   Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) died on this day in history.  

Apr 26   Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies in the year 1558.