What is 1559?
{{Year nav|1559}} {{Year in various calendars|1559}} '''1559''' ([[Roman numerals|MDLIX]]) was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] in the [[Julian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Thursday]] in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]]. == Events == *[[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 of Ethiopia|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-sur-Meuse|Verdun]], and the formerly English town of [[Calais]]. *[[July 10]] – [[Francis II of France|Francis II]] becomes King of France following the death of his father, [[Henry II of France|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]]. [[Category:1559| ]]