Editing 1559 (section)

== Deaths ==
[[File:Christian III of Denmark.jpg|thumb|110px|right|King [[Christian III of Denmark and Norway]] died on New Year's Day, January 1, 1559]]
[[File:ChristianII of denmark.jpg|thumb|110px|right|King [[Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden]] died on January 25, 1559]]
[[File:Henry II of France..jpg|thumb|110px|right|King [[Henry II of France]] died on July 10, 1559]]
[[File:Pope Paul IV – Jacopino Conte (Manner), ca. 1560.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Pope Paul IV]] died on August 18, 1559]]
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Christina Gyllenstierna]], leading opponent of King [[Christian II of Denmark]] and Norway (b. [[1494]])
* [[January 1]] &ndash; King [[Christian III of Denmark]] and Norway (b. [[1503]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Alexander Hopkins McDannald|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57ArAQAAMAAJ|year=1945|publisher=Americana Corporation|page=599|language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] &ndash; King [[Christian II of Denmark|Christian II of]] [[Kalmar Union|Denmark, Norway and Sweden]] (b. [[1481]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; Prince-elector [[Otto Henry, Elector Palatine|Otto Henry of the Palatinate]] (b. [[1502]])
* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[Thomas Tresham (died 1559)|Thomas Tresham]], English Catholic politician
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Johann Gropper]], German Catholic cardinal (b. [[1503]])
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Anthony St Leger (Lord Deputy of Ireland)|Anthony St. Leger]], Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. [[1496]])
* [[March 23]] &ndash; Emperor [[Gelawdewos of Ethiopia]] (in battle) (b. [[1522]])
* [[March 30]] &ndash; [[Adam Ries]], German mathematician (b. [[1492]])
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen (1488–1559)|Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen]], German noblewoman (b. [[1488]])
* [[July 10]] &ndash; King [[Henry II of France]] (jousting accident) (b. [[1519]])<ref name=Henry />
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul IV]] (b. [[1476]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Robert Estienne]], French printer (b. [[1503]])
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Isabella Jagiellon]], queen consort of Hungary (d. [[1519]])
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Jacquet of Mantua]], French composer (b. [[1483]])
* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara]], Italian noble (b. [[1508]])
* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg]] (b. [[1504]])
* [[October 6]] &ndash; [[William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen]] (b. [[1487]])
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Kanō Motonobu]], Japanese painter (b. [[1476]])
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Jacob Milich]], German astronomer and mathematician (b. [[1501]])
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Cuthbert Tunstall]], English church leader (b. [[1474]])
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk]], English noblewoman and claimant to the throne of England (b. [[1517]])
* [[November 26]] &ndash; [[Adolph of Nassau-Saarbrücken]], Count of Nassau (b. [[1526]])
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Irene di Spilimbergo]], Italian Renaissance poet and painter (b. [[1538]])
* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[Owen Oglethorpe]], deposed English bishop
* ''date unknown''
** [[Realdo Colombo]], Italian surgeon and anatomist (b. [[1516]])
** [[Elizabeth Wilford]], English merchant and company founder
** [[Father Francis of Aberdeen]], Catholic Trinitarian friar
** [[Leonard Digges (scientist)|Leonard Digges]], English mathematician and surveyor (b. c. [[1515]])
** [[Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone]], Irish rebel (b. [[1480]])
** [[Wen Zhengming]], Chinese painter (b. [[1470]])