Events from the year 1557 in France
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Incumbents
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edit- January – Harsh winter weather continues[2]
- 24 July – Edict of Compiègne
- 10 August – Battle of St. Quentin
Births
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edit- Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just, nobleman (died 1615)
Deaths
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- 1 September – Jacques Cartier, explorer (born 1491)[3]
Full date missing
edit- Jacques d'Annebaut, cardinal
- Nicolas Bachelier, surveyor and architect (born 1485)
- Charlotte Guillard, French printer (born c. 1480s)
- Matthieu Ory, Dominican theologian and inquisitor (born 1492)
- Valérand Poullain, Calvinist minister (born 1509?)
- Philibert Babou, cryptographer (born c.1484)
See also
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References
edit- ^ Nolan, Cathal J. (2006). The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-313-33733-8.
- ^ Leroy-Ladurie, Emmanuel (1983). Histoire du climat depuis l'An Mil. Vol. 2. Paris: Flammarion. p. 17. ISBN 978-2-08-081122-6.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1916). "Cartier, Jacques". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 4 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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