December
| 1 | 2 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 | 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 | 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 | 16 1485 Birth of Catherine of Aragon in Madrid | 17 | 18 | 19 1562 Battle of Dreux between Catholic and Huguenots | 20 | 21 |
| 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 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 1546 Henry VIII named Edward VI his heir in his will | 31 |
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