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

Jan 09   In the year 1558 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   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 24   On this day in history queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois   

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

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

May 16   On this day in history 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   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   1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah) in the year 1558.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 06   Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy) in the year 1558.   

Nov 07   In the year 1558 french king Henri II occupies Calais   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1558 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

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