Historical Events In 1558

Jan 07   Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French on this day in history.  

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

Jan 08   French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais in the year 1558.  

Jan 09   In the year 1558 geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland  

Jan 11   In the year 1558 westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm  

Feb 03   On this day in history alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies  

Mar 05   In the year 1558 smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes  

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   Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 25   Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer on this day in history.  

Apr 04   Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders in the year 1558.  

Apr 18   On this day in history roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent  

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

Apr 26   In the year 1558 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   Maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Jul 11   Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon) in the year 1558.  

Jul 13   In the year 1558 battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines.  

Jul 23   Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France in the year 1558.  

Aug 04   On this day in history 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)  

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

Aug 25   King Francis II of France marries Mary, Queen of Scots in the year 1558.  

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

Oct 09   On this day in history mérida is founded in Venezuela.  

Oct 18   Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Neth (1531-55), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Oct 21   Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician (Poetice), dies at 74 in the year 1558.  

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   In the year 1558 shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies  

Nov 17   Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary in the year 1558.  

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   On this day in history birth of andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)  

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

Aug 19   Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on this day in history.  

Sep 09   On this day in history birth of philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602)  

Oct 12   Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born in the year 1558.  

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   On this day in history alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies  

Feb 25   Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) died in the year 1558.  

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

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

Mar 25   In the year 1558 death of marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer  

Apr 18   Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent died in the year 1558.  

Apr 20   On this day in history death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)  

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