In the year 1558, French troops take Calais, the last continental possession of the Kingdom of England (Jan 7), the Livonian War begins as the Russian tsar Ivan IV attacks Livonia (Jan 22), the city of Pori is founded on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia (Mar 8), King Sigismund II Augustus appoints an Italian merchant to organise a consolidated postal service in Poland, the origin of Poczta Polska (Oct 17), the Elizabethan era begins in England as Catholic Queen Mary dies and is succeeded by her younger Protestant half-sister Elizabeth, who will rule for 44 years (Nov 17) - and all these fine people were born:

1558-0116 Jakobea of Baden* Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg - Baden (1597/39)
1558-0129 Paul Hentzner* German lawyer - Crossen, Brandenburg (1623/64)

1558-0430 Mikołaj Oleśnicki the younger* Polish nobleman - (1629/70)

1558-0709̈ David Origanus* (b Tost) German astronomer (1628/ca 70)
1558-0711 Robert Greene (B) author/ dramatist - England (1592/34)

1558-0802 Herman van den Bergh* Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War - ’s-Heerenberg, Gelderland (1611/53)

1558-0909 Philippe Emmanuel* Duke of Mercœur/soldier/a prince of the Holy Roman Empire - Nomeny, Kingdom of France (1602/43)
1558-0924 Ralph Eure* nobleman/politician - Yorkshire, England (1617/58)

1558-1012 Maximilian III* Archduke of Austria - Wiener Neustadt, Archduchy of Austria (1618/60)
1558-1019 Giovanni Alberti* Italian painter/poet/writer - Sansepolcro (1601/42)
1558-1024 Szymon Szymonowic* Polish writer/poet - Lwów (1629/70)

1558-1106 Thomas Kyd (B) playwright/author (The Spanish Tragedy) - London, England (1594/35)

1558-1203 Gregorio Pagani* painter/active in Florence - Italy (1605/46)
1558-1208François de La Rochefoucauld* Catholic cardinal - Kingdom of France 1645/86)
1558-1209 André du Laurens* physician/surgeon - Tarascon, Kingdom of France (1609/50)

Updated 16.2.2023-2
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