Historical Events In 1558

Jan 07   On this day in history calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French   

Jan 07   On this day in history calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French under Francois, Duke of Guise   

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

Jan 09   Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm in the year 1558.   

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

Mar 05   Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes in the year 1558.   

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

Mar 14   Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 25   In the year 1558 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 in the year 1558.   

Apr 24   In the year 1558 queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois   

Apr 26   In the year 1558 jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies   

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

May 16   Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600) on this day in history.   

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   1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah) in the year 1558.   

Aug 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1558 mérida is founded in Venezuela.   

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

Oct 21   Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician (Poetice), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 07   On this day in history french king Henri II occupies Calais   

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

Nov 17   On this day in history 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 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   Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon) was born in the year 1558.   

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

Sep 09   In the year 1558 birth of philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602)   

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   In the year 1558 alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies   

Feb 25   Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) died in the year 1558.   

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

Mar 24   Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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