Important Historical Events of the year 1559, Year 1559 in History

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List of 1559 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1559

What happened in the year 1559?

Date	Event
January 15, 1559	Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
April 3, 1559	The second of two the treaties making up the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
May 2, 1559	John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
June 11, 1559	Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano sails for Florida with party of 1,500, intending to settle on gulf coast (Vera Cruz, Mexico).
June 30, 1559	King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
August 22, 1559	Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy.
December 25, 1559	Pope Pius IV is elected, four months after his predecessor's death.