Historical Events In 1559
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Jan 01 Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies 


Jan 13 Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey. 


Jan 15 Coronation of British Queen Elizabeth I 


Jan 15 Elizabeth the inaugural is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey 


Jan 29 Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52 


Feb 15 Hurricane wrecks Spanish expedition to start a colony near what is now Pensacola, Florida. 


Feb 16 Pope Paul IV calls for deposition of sovereigns supporting heresy 


Feb 18 Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian. 


Mar 14 Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed. 


Mar 14 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Neth. 


Mar 14 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands 


Apr 02 England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis. 


Apr 03 Spain and France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis 


Apr 03 Spain and France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambr‚sis. 


May 10 Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary 


May 13 Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel 


Jun 22 Jewish quarter of Prague burned and looted 


Jun 30 Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament. 


Jul 10 Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies. 


Aug 09 Willem of Orange is recorded as becoming viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht. 


Aug 14 Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla 


Aug 18 Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83. 


Aug 22 Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic 


Sep 12 Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect 


Sep 19 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die 


Nov 05 Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83 


Nov 13 Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal. 


Nov 15 Albrecht, arch duke of Austrian/cardinal-archbishop of Toledo 


Nov 28 Erasmus Sarcerius, German luthers theologist, dies at about 58. 


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