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June 22, 1559Born on Tuesday June 23, 1559
- Margaretha Fuchs, Plieningen, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) († 1578)
- Maria Fuchs, Plieningen, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg (D) († 1578)
Died on Tuesday June 23, 1559
Born on June 23
- 1433 » Francis II, Duke of Brittany († 1488)
- 1456 » Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland († 1486)
- 1489 » Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Italian nobleman († 1496)
- 1534 » Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord († 1582)
- 1596 » Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal († 1641)
- 1616 » Shah Shuja, Mughal prince († 1661)
- 1625 » John Fell, English churchman and influential academic († 1686)
- 1668 » Giambattista Vico, Italian jurist, historian, and philosopher († 1744)
- 1683 » Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and sinologist († 1745)
- 1711 » Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Italian instrument maker († 1786)
Died on June 23
- 1356 » Margaret II, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1311)
- 1537 » Pedro de Mendoza, Spanish conquistador (b. 1487)
- 1565 » Dragut, Ottoman admiral (b. 1485)
- 1582 » Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese commander (b. 1537)
- 1615 » Mashita Nagamori, Japanese daimyō (b. 1545)
- 1677 » William Louis, duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
- 1686 » William Coventry, English politician (b. 1628)
- 1707 » John Mill, English theologian and author (b. 1645)
- 1733 » Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar (b. 1672)
- 1770 » Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1559
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- January 15 » Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
- April 3 » The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
- May 2 » John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
- June 30 » King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
- August 22 » Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
- December 25 » Pope Pius IV is elected.