Today in History for Year 1557

Months in Year 1557: January February April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 7 of 7

Feb 27th - 1st Russian Embassy arrives in London
Apr 12th - Cuenca is founded in Ecuador.
Jun 7th - England declares war on France
Aug 3rd - Dutch States-General meet at Valenciennes
Aug 10th - Battle at St Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont & Philibert beat France
Sep 11th - Catholic & Lutheran theology debated in Worm
Dec 3rd - 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 11 of 11

Jan 1st - István Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)
Feb 11th - John Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist
Feb 15th - Alfonso Fontanelli, composer
Feb 24th - Matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19)
May 5th - Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing, baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
May 31st - Feodor I (Fyodor/Theodore Ivanovich), Czar of Russia (1584-98)
Aug 16th - Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (d. 1602)
Aug 19th - Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)
Sep 4th - Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)
Sep 16th - Jacques Mauduit, composer
Dec 7th - Girolamo Trombeti, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 15

Jan 1st - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65
Jan 2nd - Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)
Jan 8th - Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522)
Apr 9th - Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies
Apr 21st - Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)
Jun 11th - King John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
Jun 15th - Sebastiaan Van Noyen, military master builder, dies
Jul 16th - Anne of Cleeves, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41
Aug 1st - Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)
Sep 1st - Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown)
Sep 13th - John Cheke, English classical scholar and statesman (b. 1514)
Sep 27th - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
Oct 5th - Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter, dies at 63
Nov 19th - Bona Sforza, Queen of Sigismund I of Poland (b. 1494)
Dec 13th - Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies