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The English relinquish Calais, their last possession in continental Europe, to the French.
On the death of Charles V (21 September), his brother becomes Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, and his son becomes King Philip II of Spain.
Mary I of England dies without issue and is succeeded by her Protestant half sister, Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth, who rules until 1603, reestablishes the Anglican Church.
Fifteen-year-old Mary Queen of Scots marries Francis Dauphin of France, who succeeds Henry II as Francis II in 1559 and claims the thrones of Scotland and England.
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