Year by year · 16th century

1557

1557 in world history: 2 events, 4 births, 9 deaths and 3 states founded. 995 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. Event

    Volok Reform

    The Volok Reform was an agrarian reform of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania introduced by Sigismund II Augustus in 1557.

  2. Battle

    Battle of Saint-Quentin (1557)

    The Battle of Saint-Quentin was fought on 10 August 1557 in Picardy, when a Spanish army under Emmanuel Philibert, duke of Savoy, serving Philip II of Spain, crushed a French relief force under Anne de Montmorency, who was captured.

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Born in 1557 4

Died in 1557 9

States founded 3

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