Historical Events In 1558

Jan 07   Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French in the year 1558.  

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

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   Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer  

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 in the year 1558.  

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

Apr 26   In the year 1558 jean Fran‡ois Fernel French physician, dies  

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

Jun 04   In the year 1558 maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43  

Jul 11   Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Aug 25   On this day in history king Francis II of France marries Mary, Queen of Scots.  

Sep 21   In the year 1558 charles V, King of Spain (Carlos I)/Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 58  

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

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

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

Nov 17   Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary on this day in history.  

Nov 17   In the year 1558 mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42  

Nov 23   Charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Neth, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 11   Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon) was born on this day in history.  

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

Sep 09   Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 12   On this day in history birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)  

Nov 06   Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 03   On this day in history 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   Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on this day in history.  

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

Mar 25   On this day in history death of marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer  

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   In the year 1558 jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies