Rulers:
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558)
• Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569)
• Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603)
• Felipe II, King of Spain (1556-1598)
• Henri II, King of France (1547-1559)
• Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567)
Deaths:
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500-1558)
Art:
• Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607): Ritratto di Francesco I de’ Medici (c.1558)
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (c.1558)
• Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): Twelve Proverbs (c.1558)
• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Adorazione dei Magi (c.1557-60)
• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): San Girolamo penitente (1556-61)
• Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574): Don Giovanni e Don Garzia de’ Medici (1556-58)
• Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588): Autoritratto (1558-63)
• Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588): Ritratto di Daniele Barbaro (1556-62)