Year 1559 (MDLIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
April 3– The Peace of Cateau Cambrésis is concluded
1559 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1559
MDLIX
Ab urbe condita2312
Armenian calendar1008
ԹՎ ՌԸ
Assyrian calendar6309
Balinese saka calendar1480–1481
Bengali calendar966
Berber calendar2509
English Regnal yearEliz. 1 – 2 Eliz. 1
Buddhist calendar2103
Burmese calendar921
Byzantine calendar7067–7068
Chinese calendar戊午年 (Earth Horse)
4256 or 4049
    — to —
己未年 (Earth Goat)
4257 or 4050
Coptic calendar1275–1276
Discordian calendar2725
Ethiopian calendar1551–1552
Hebrew calendar5319–5320
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1615–1616
 - Shaka Samvat1480–1481
 - Kali Yuga4659–4660
Holocene calendar11559
Igbo calendar559–560
Iranian calendar937–938
Islamic calendar966–967
Japanese calendarEiroku 2
(永禄2年)
Javanese calendar1478–1479
Julian calendar1559
MDLIX
Korean calendar3892
Minguo calendar353 before ROC
民前353年
Nanakshahi calendar91
Thai solar calendar2101–2102
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

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January–March

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April–June

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The fatal tournament between King Henry and Lord Montgomery

July–September

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October–December

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Date unknown

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Births

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Emperor Nurhaci born on February 19
 
Lawrence of Brindisi born on July 22
 
Jacques Sirmond born on October 12

Deaths

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King Christian III of Denmark and Norway died on New Year's Day, January 1, 1559
 
King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden died on January 25, 1559
 
King Henry II of France died on July 10, 1559
 
Pope Paul IV died on August 18, 1559

References

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