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

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

Mar 05   Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes on this day in history.  

Mar 13   Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies in the year 1558.  

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

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

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

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   In the year 1558 queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois  

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

Apr 26   On this day in history jean Fran‡ois Fernel French physician, dies  

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

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

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

Aug 19   Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian in the year 1558.  

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

Sep 21   In the year 1558 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 in the year 1558.  

Oct 21   On this day in history julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician (Poetice), dies at 74  

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

Nov 07   French king Henri II occupies Calais in the year 1558.  

Nov 12   In the year 1558 shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies  

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

Nov 17   On this day in history 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   Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 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   In the year 1558 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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1558 death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent  

Apr 20   Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) died in the year 1558.  

Apr 26   Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies on this day in history.