What happened in 1559?

Siege of Bahrain

Wars & Conflicts · Qal’at al Bahrain

1559 siege

Second Battle of Kalaa of the Beni Abbes

Wars & Conflicts · Kalâa of Ait Abbas

1559 battle

Battle of Mulleriyawa

Wars & Conflicts · Mulleriyawa

1559 Sri Lankan battle

Battle of Fatagar

Wars & Conflicts · Fetegar

1559 battle between the Ethiopian Empire and Sultanate of Harar

Battle of Hazalo

Wars & Conflicts · Mount Ayalu

1559 battle

Siege of Cannanore

Wars & Conflicts · Kannur

1559 siege

Honkoku-ji incident

Wars & Conflicts · Honkoku-ji Temple

1569 attack by clan Myoshi on Japanese shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki

Muzaffarabad Fort

Wars & Conflicts

16th-century fortification in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis

Politics & Government

Peace treaty

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca died

People · Valladolid

Died in Valladolid. Spanish explorer of the New World.

Paul IV died

People · Rome

Pope of catholic church 1555-1559

Adam Ries died

People · Annaberg-Buchholz

German mathematician

Jacob Milich died

People · Lutherstadt Wittenberg

German astronomer and mathematician (1501-1559)

Leonard Digges died

People · Barham

British mathematician

Alessandro Pasqualini died

People · Bielefeld

Italian architect

Fernão Lopes de Castanheda died

People · Coimbra

Portuguese historian

Hermann Finck died

People · Lutherstadt Wittenberg

German composer

Alban Hill died

People · Wales

Welsh doctor of physic

George Chapman born

People · Hitchin

Born in Hitchin. 16th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translator.

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly born

People · Tilly

Born in Tilly. Field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces (1559-1632) in the Thirty Years' War.

Sophia Brahe born

People · Knutstorp Castle

Born in Knutstorp Castle. Danish horticulturalist.

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria born

People · Wiener Neustadt

Born in Wiener Neustadt. Austrian cardinal and governor of the Netherlands (1559-1621).

Henry II of France died

People · Hôtel des Tournelles

Died in Hôtel des Tournelles. King of France from 1547 to 1559 (1519–1559).

Christian II of Denmark died

People · Kalundborg

Died in Kalundborg. King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Nurhaci born

People · Hetu Ala City

Born in Hetu Ala City. Jurchen chieftain of Later Jin, founder of Qing Dynasty (1559 - 1626).

Christian III of Denmark died

People · Kolding

Died in Kolding. King of Denmark and Norway.

Otto Henry died

People · Heidelberg

Died in Heidelberg. Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1505 to 1559.

Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau born

People · Bregenz

Born in Bregenz. Prince-archbishop of Salzburg between 1587 and 1612 (1559–1617).

University of Douai

Science & Technology

University of Douai (1559-1887) become University of Lille

University of Geneva

Science & Technology

Public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland

University of Lille

Science & Technology

French university located in Lille and founded in 1559 in Douai; split between 1970 and 2017 into three independent universities (Lille-I, Lille-II and Lille-III)

University of Évora

Science & Technology · Sé e São Pedro

University

Île Saint-Paul

Exploration & Discovery · Indian Ocean

Island in the southern Indian Ocean

St Bavo's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Ghent, Belgium

1559 papal conclave

Religion & Belief Systems · Apostolic Palace

Conclave

İskender Pasha Mosque, Kanlıca

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey

Mu'allaq Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Lebanon

Madonna di Campagna

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Verona, Italy

Assumption Cathedral in Sergiev Posad

Religion & Belief Systems

Cusco Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Cusco District

Mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco

Santuario Maria Santissima dello Splendore

Religion & Belief Systems

Italian shrine

Convent of Las Descalzas Reales

Architecture & Engineering

Monastery in Madrid, Spain

Palazzo Coccina Tiepolo Papadopoli

Architecture & Engineering · San Polo

Palace

Tor San Michele

Architecture & Engineering · Lido di Ostia

Italian watchtower

Holy Chapel of the Savior

Architecture & Engineering · Vázquez de Molina Square

Cultural property in Úbeda, Spain

Horst Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Burgundian State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Dijon

Burgundian State ceased to exist, having been centered at Dijon.

Dithmarschen dissolved

Empires & Countries

Dithmarschen ceased to exist.