1557
EventsSpain is effectively bankrupt. June - Mary I of England joins her husband Philip II of Spain in his war against France.August 10 - Battle of St. Quentin - French forces under Marshal Anne de Montmorency are decisively defeated by the Spanish under Duke Emanuel Philibert of Savoy. Montmorency himself is captured, but Philip II refuses to press his advantage, and withdraws to the Netherlands. Ozdemir Pasha conquers the Red Sea port of Massawa for the Ottoman EmpireEmperor Ogimachi ascends to the throne of Japan
Births February 11 - John Uijtenbogaert Dutch remonstrant theologian. February 24 - Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor May 31 - tsar Feodor I of Russia Abbas I (Shah of Persia) Giovanni Croce, Italian composer of the Venetian school (approximate date) Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer of the Venetian school (approximate date) Jacques Maudit, French composer Thomas Morley, most famous English composer of madrigalss
DeathsJanuary 19 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (b. 1491)June 11 - King John III of PortugalJuly 16 - Anne of Cleves, fourth queen of Henry VIII of EnglandNovember 19 - Bona Sforza, queen of Poland and a second wife of Sigismund I of PolandEmperor Go-Nara of JapanMikael Agricola, Finnish scholar
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