December
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 1560 Death of Francis II of France |
6 | 7 1545 Birth of Henry, Lord Darnley |
| 8 1542 Birth of Mary Queen of Scots |
9 | 10 1541 Executions of Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham |
11 | 12 1574 Birth of Anne of Denmark, wife of King James VI/I |
13 1542 Death of James V of Scotland and accession of Mary Queen of Scots at just a few days old 1577 Sir Francis Drake left Plymouth to circumnavigate the globe |
14 1558 Mary I buried at Westminster Abbey |
| 15 1485 Birth of Catherine of Aragon in Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid Catherine was born during the night of the 15th/16th |
16 1485 Birth of Catherine of Aragon in Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid |
17 1538 Henry VIII is excommunicated |
18 | 19 1562 Battle of Dreux between Catholic and Huguenots |
20 | 21 1549 Death of Margaret of Navarre (Marguerite de Navarre, Marguerite d’Angouleme), Queen Consort of Henry II of Navarre and famous figure of the French Renaissance |
| 22 | 23 1588 Assassination of Henri de Lorraine, the Duke of Guise, at the Chateau de Blois |
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 1539 Anne of Cleves arrived in England, at Deal in Kent |
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| 29 | 30 1546 Henry VIII named Edward VI his heir in his will |
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