7th January » France takes Siege of Calais (1558) or Calais, the last continental possession of Kingdom of England called England.
24th April » Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, Francis II of France called François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
13th July » Battle of Gravelines (1558) Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spain Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral, Count of Egmont Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul de Thermes at Gravelines.
9th October » Mérida, Mérida or Mérida is founded in Venezuela.
17th October » Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, Postage stamps and postal history of Poland named is founded.
17th November » Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
Famous Birthdays in 1558
22nd May » Françoise de Cezelli, French soldier (d. 1615)
11th July » Robert Greene (dramatist) or Robert Greene, English author and playwright (d. 1592)
9th September » Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur (d. 1602)
12th October » Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (d. 1618)
3rd November » Thomas Kyd, English author and playwright (d. 1594)