What happened in 1557?
29 recorded events in 1557, including 14 in people, 7 in wars & conflicts and 4 in religion & belief systems.
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Wars & Conflicts 7
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Battle of St. Quentin
1557 battle of the Italian wars
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Battle of Mataquito
1557 battle of Arauco War
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Siege of Kotte
1557 siege
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Anglo-French War of 1557–1559
Part of the Italian War of 1551–1559
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Battle of Lagunillas
1557 battle
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Siege of Katsurayama
1557 Japanese military event
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Battle of Binnion Hill
1557 Irish Clan War in County Donegal
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People 14
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Jacques Cartier died
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
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Jacques Cartier died
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
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Sebastian Cabot died
Venetian explorer and mapmaker in the service of Spain and England
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Niccolò Tartaglia died
Italian mathematician (1499–1557)
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Juan Martínez Silíceo died
Spanish cardinal
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Jean Alfonse died
Navigator, explorer and corsair
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Caramuru died
Portuguese explorer
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António Galvão died
Portuguese administrator and historian
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Juan Núñez de Prado died
Spanish conquistador
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Girolamo Parabosco died
Italian writer, composer, organist, and poet of the Renaissance
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Feodor I of Russia born
Born in Pereslavl-Zalessky. Tsar of Russia (1584–1598).
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Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor born
Born in Vienna. Holy Roman Emperor (1557-1619).
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Johannes Althusius born
Born in Diedenshausen. German–Dutch jurist and Calvinist political philosopher and father of modern federalism (1563-1638).
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Lew Sapieha born
Born in Astroŭna. Polish–Lithuanian noble (1557-1633).
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Science & Technology 2
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Lutheran Theological University
University in Budapest, Hungary
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hospice des Petites-Maisons
Former hospital in Paris, France
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Religion & Belief Systems 4
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Karadzozbey Mosque
Mosque in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Hamzibeys mosque
Mosque in Sanski Most
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Sanctuary of Our Lady of Montallegro
Church building in Rapallo, Italy
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Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque
Mosque in Sokolovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Dazhao Temple
Gelug monastery of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
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Empires & Countries 1
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Palatinate-Sulzbach founded
Palatinate-Sulzbach was founded.
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