1558

Years: 1555 1556 1557 - 1558 - 1559 1560 1561
Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession 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.
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


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