List of 1558 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1558
Date | Event |
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January 7, 1558 | French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England. |
March 8, 1558 | The city of Pori (Swedish: Björneborg) was founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia. |
April 24, 1558 | Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris. |
July 13, 1558 | Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines. |
October 17, 1558 | Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded. |
November 17, 1558 | Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England. |