1559

Years: 1556 1557 1558 - 1559 - 1560 1561 1562
Decades: 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
April 3 - Peace of Cateau CambrÃÂ©sis - France makes peace with England and Spain. France gives up most of its gains in Italy (including Savoy), keeping only Saluzzo, but keeps the three Lorraine bishoprics of Metz, Toul, and Verdun, and the formerly English town of Calais.
July 10 - Francis II becomes King of France following the death of his father, Henry II in a jousting accident.
End of the Italian Wars.
The Decameron expurgated
A royal edict in France makes heresy punishable by death