What Happened in April 1558

Historical Events

Stroganov Family Heads East

Apr 4 Tsar Ivan IV gives the patent to colonize "the abundant region along the Kama River" of North-Russia to the fur trading Stroganov merchant family

Famous Weddings

Mary, Queen of Scots

Apr 24 Mary, Queen of Scots (15) marries French dauphin Francis (14) at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris

Famous Deaths

Apr 18 Roxelana, wife of Otttoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, dies at ~54
Apr 20 Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer, dies at 72
Apr 26 Jean Fernel, French physician (coined the term "physiology"), dies at 61

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What Happened in 1558

Bloody Mary, England’s Most Hated Queen
November 17, 1558

Bloody Mary, England’s Most Hated Queen