1559 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
January 15, 1559
– Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
April 3, 1559
– The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
May 2, 1559
– John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation.
June 30, 1559
– King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
August 22, 1559
– Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
Who Were Born On ?
February 18, 1559
– Isaac Casaubon, French classical scholar (d. 1614)
July 22, 1559
– Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)
September 21, 1559
– Cigoli, Florentine painter, architect, and sculptor (d. 1613)
November 15, 1559
– Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (d. 1621)