Today in History for Year 1559

Months in Year 1559: January February March April May June July August September October November

Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 13th - Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey
Feb 16th - Pope Paul IV calls for deposition of sovereigns supporting heresy
Mar 14th - Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht & Woudrichem, Neth
Apr 2nd - England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Apr 2nd - Genoa Italy, expels Jews
Apr 3rd - Spain & France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis
May 10th - Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary
May 13th - Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel
Jun 22nd - Jewish quarter of Prague burned & looted
Jun 30th - King Henry II of France is seriously injured in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery.
Aug 9th - Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht
Aug 14th - Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla
Aug 22nd - Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic
Sep 19th - 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 5 of 5

Feb 18th - Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian
Jul 22nd - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (d. 1619)
Sep 12th - Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect
Nov 13th - Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal
Nov 15th - Albrecht, arch duke of Austrian/cardinal-archbishop of Toledo

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 1st - Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59), dies
Jan 29th - Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
Mar 14th - Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed
Mar 16th - Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)
Mar 23rd - Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)
Mar 30th - Adam Ries, German mathematician (b. 1492)
Jul 10th - Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies
Aug 18th - Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], Pope (1555-59), dies at 83
Sep 7th - Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
Sep 10th - Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (b. 1501)
Oct 2nd - Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)
Nov 5th - Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83
Nov 18th - Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)
Nov 28th - Erasmus Sarcerius, German luthers theologist, dies at about 58