Historical Events In 1558

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

Jan 07   Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French under Francois, Duke of Guise on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1558 french troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais   

Jan 09   Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland in the year 1558.   

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

Feb 03   Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 05   On this day in history smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes   

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

Mar 14   On this day in history ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor   

Mar 24   Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies in the year 1558.   

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

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

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

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

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) in the year 1558.   

Jul 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1558 battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France   

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

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

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

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

Oct 09   Mérida is founded in Venezuela in the year 1558.   

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

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   French king Henri II occupies Calais in the year 1558.   

Nov 12   Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies in the year 1558.   

Nov 17   In the year 1558 elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary   

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 in the year 1558.   

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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   Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian was born in the year 1558.   

Sep 09   Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602) was born in the year 1558.   

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

Oct 12   Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born in the year 1558.   

Nov 06   In the year 1558 birth of thomas Kyd, English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy)   

Feb 03   Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies in the year 1558.   

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

Mar 13   On this day in history jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies   

Mar 24   Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies in the year 1558.   

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