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Events

• January 7 – French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of the Kingdom of England
• January 9 – Geneva becomes independent from the Canton of Bern.
• January 22 – Beginning of the Livonian War.
• February 2 – The University of Jena is founded in Thuringia, Germany.
• February 5 – during the Arauco War, Pedro de Avendaño with sixty men capture Caupolicán, the Mapuche Gran Toqui leading their first revolt against the Spanish Empire, nearby Antihuala encamped with a small band of followers.
• July 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.
• July 18 – The city of Tartu, capital of the Bishopric of Dorpat, now in Estonia, surrenders to Russia.
• April 24 – Mary I of Scotland marries Francis II of France.
• November 17 – The Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her younger half-sister Elizabeth.
• Tobacco comes to France.
• Queen Elizabeth grants rest and refreshment to pilgrims and travellers who pass by the Holy Well Spring, Malvern 1558
• The term Soda was coined.

Births

• September 9 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602)
• October 12 – Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)
• November 3 – Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy (d. 1594)
• date unknown
  • François, Prince of Conti (d. 1614)
  • Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (d. 1617)
  • Robert Greene, English writer (d. 1592)
  • Meir Lublin, Polish rabbi (d. 1616)
  • Koriki Masanaga, Japanese military commander (d. 1599)
  • Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts, French merchant (d. 1628)
  • Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese nobleman (d. 1580)
  • Oda Nobutaka, Japanese nobleman (d. 1583)
  • Olivier van Noort, first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world (d. 1627)
  • Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (d. 1586)
  • Tokuhime, Japanese noblewoman
  • Mihai Viteazul, Prince of Wallachia (1593–1601)

Deaths

• February 25 – Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)
• March 24 – Anna of Egmond, Countess of Egmond and Buren (b. c. 1533)
• March 25 – Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer (b. c.1495)
• April 18 – Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (b. c. 1500)
• April 20 – Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)
• May 31 – Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)
• October – Mellin de Saint-Gelais, French poet (b. c. 1491)
• October 18 – Maria of Austria, queen of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1505)
• October 21 – J.C. Scaliger, Italian scholar (b. 1484)
• November 17 – Queen Mary I of England (b. 1516)
• November 17 – Reginald Cardinal Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1500)
• December 15 – Thomas Cheney, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. c. 1485)
• December 28 – Hermann Finck, German composer (b. 1527)
• date unknown
  • Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll, Scottish nobleman and politician (b. 1507)
  • Hugh Aston, English composer (b. 1485)
  • Jean Fernel, French physician (b. 1497)
  • Robert Recorde, Welsh physician and mathematician (b. 1510)
  • Francisco de Sa de Miranda, Portuguese poet (b. 1485)

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Events

• January 7 - French troops led by Francis take Calais, the last continental possession of the Kingdom of England
• July 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.
• July 18 - City of Tartu, capital of the Bishopric of Dorpat, now in Estonia, surrenders to Russia.
• April 24 - Mary I of Scotland marries Francis II of France
• November 17 - Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth.
• Tobacco comes to France
• Foundation of the University of Jena in Thuringia, Germany

Births

• September 9 - Philippe Emmanuel, French soldier (d. 1602)
• October 12 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)
• November 3 - Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy (d. 1594)
• date unknown
  • François (d. 1614)
  • Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (d. 1617)
  • Robert Greene, English writer (d. 1592)
  • Meir Lublin, Polish rabbi (d. 1616)
  • Koriki Masanaga, Japanese military commander (d. 1599)
  • Pierre Dugua, French merchant (d. 1628)
  • Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese nobleman (died 1580)
  • Oda Nobutaka, Japanese nobleman (died 1583)
  • Olivier van Noort, first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world (d. 1627)
  • Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (d. 1586)
  • Tokuhime, Japanese noblewoman
  • Mihai Viteazul, Prince of Wallachia (1593-1601)

See also 1558 births.

Deaths

• February 25 - Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)
• March 24 - Anna of Egmond, Countess of Egmond and Buren (born c1533)
• March 25 - Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer (born c1495)
• April 18 - Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (born c1500)
• April 20 - Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b, 1485)
• May 31 - Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)
• October - Mellin de Saint-Gelais, French poet (b. ca. 1491)
• October 18 - Maria of Austria, queen of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1505)
• October 21 - J.C. Scaliger, Italian scholar (b. 1484)
• November 17 - Queen Mary I of England (b. 1516)
• November 17 - Reginald Cardinal Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1500)
• December 15 - Thomas Cheney, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born c1485)
• December 28 - Hermann Finck, German composer (b. 1527)
• date unknown
  • Archibald Campbell, Scottish nobleman and politician (b. 1507)
  • Hugh Aston, English composer (b. 1485)
  • Jean Fernel, French physician (b. 1497)
  • Robert Recorde, Welsh physician and mathematician (b. 1510)
  • Francisco de Sa de Miranda, Portuguese poet (b. 1485)

See also 1558 deaths.

People of the year 1558 at Familypedia

4 people were born in 1558

4 children were born to the 1 women born in 1558

11 people died in 1558

248 people lived in 1558

Events of the year 1558 at Familypedia

7 people were married in 1558.

There were 0 military battles in 1558.