1558

Events

 * - French troops led by take, the last continental possession of the
 * - : In, forces led by Count  defeat the French forces of Marshal  at.
 * - City of, capital of the , now in , surrenders to.
 * - marries
 * - begins: Queen  dies and is succeeded by her half-sister.
 * comes to France
 * Foundation of the in ,

Births

 * -, French soldier (d. )
 * - Archduke (d. )
 * -, author of  (d. )
 * date unknown
 * (d. )
 * , Dutch painter (d. )
 * , English writer (d. )
 * , Polish rabbi (d. )
 * , Japanese military commander (d. )
 * , French merchant (d. )
 * , Japanese nobleman (died )
 * , Japanese nobleman (died )
 * , first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world (d. )
 * , English conspirator and poet (d. )
 * , Japanese noblewoman
 * , Prince of Wallachia (1593-1601)

See also .

Deaths

 * -, Queen of Portugal and France (b. )
 * -, Countess of Egmond and Buren (born c)
 * -, French Franciscan explorer (born c)
 * -, wife of (born c)
 * -, German reformer (b, )
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * October -, French poet (b. ca. )
 * -, queen of (b. )
 * -, Italian scholar (b. )
 * - Queen (b. )
 * November 17 -, (b. )
 * -, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born c)
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * date unknown
 * , Scottish nobleman and politician (b. )
 * , English composer (b. )
 * , French physician (b. )
 * , Welsh physician and mathematician (b. )
 * , Portuguese poet (b. )

See also .