WHAT HAPPENED IN 1558.
Look what happened the 1558.

France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England. (7. January 1558)

Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris. (24. April 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. (13. July 1558)

Mérida is founded in Venezuela. (9. October 1558)

Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded. (17. October 1558)

Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England. (17. November 1558)

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