1559
year
1559 (MDLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1520s 1530s 1540s – 1550s – 1560s 1570s 1580s |
| Years: | 1556 1557 1558 – 1559 – 1560 1561 1562 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1559 MDLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2312 |
| Armenian calendar | 1008 ԹՎ ՌԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6309 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1480–1481 |
| Bengali calendar | 966 |
| Berber calendar | 2509 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Eliz. 1 – 2 Eliz. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2103 |
| Burmese calendar | 921 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7067–7068 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4255 or 4195 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4256 or 4196 |
| Coptic calendar | 1275–1276 |
| Discordian calendar | 2725 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1551–1552 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5319–5320 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1615–1616 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1480–1481 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4659–4660 |
| Holocene calendar | 11559 |
| Igbo calendar | 559–560 |
| Iranian calendar | 937–938 |
| Islamic calendar | 966–967 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiroku 2 (永禄２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1478–1479 |
| Julian calendar | 1559 MDLIX |
| Korean calendar | 3892 |
| Minguo calendar | 353 before ROC 民前353年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 91 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2101–2102 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1685 or 1304 or 532 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1686 or 1305 or 533 |
Events
change- January 15 – Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- March 23 – Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia, defending his lands against the invasion of Nur ibn Mujahid, Sultan of Harar, is killed in battle. His brother Menas succeeds him as king.
- April 3 – Peace of Cateau Cambrésis – 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.
- Elizabeth I establishes the Church of England, with the Act of Uniformity 1559 and the Act of Supremacy 1559.