1557 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1557?
- April 12, 1557 – Cuenca is founded in Ecuador.
- July 6, 1557 – King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually results in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
- August 10, 1557 – Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
Who Were Born In The Year 1557?
- January 1, 1557 – Prince István Bocskay of Transylvania (d. 1606)
- February 24, 1557 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
- May 31, 1557 – Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)
- August 16, 1557 – Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)
- August 19, 1557 – Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)
- September 4, 1557 – Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)
- September 16, 1557 – Jacques Mauduit, French composer (d. 1627)
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