1558
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s - 1550s - 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s
Years: 1553 1554 1555 1556 1557 - 1558 - 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563
Events
- January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England
- July 13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines.
- November 17 -Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England.
- Robert Greene, English playwright, poet, pamphleteer, and prose writer
- Thomas Kyd, English playwright
