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March 4, 1557Born on Tuesday March 5, 1557
- Claude van Lannion Heer van Cruguil († 1627)
- Elizabeth Poynings, Bryanston (Dorset) England († 1574)
Died on Tuesday March 5, 1557
Born on March 5
- 1512 » Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher († 1594)
- 1523 » Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, Spanish cardinal († 1600)
- 1527 » Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg († 1603)
- 1539 » Christoph Pezel, German theologian († 1604)
- 1563 » John Coke, English civil servant and politician († 1644)
- 1575 » William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician († 1660)
- 1585 » Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg († 1638)
- 1585 » John George I, Elector of Saxony († 1656)
- 1637 » Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and engineer († 1712)
- 1658 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer and politician, 3rd Colonial Governor of Louisiana († 1730)
Died on March 5
- 1410 » Matthew of Kraków, Polish reformer (b. 1335)
- 1417 » Manuel III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1364)
- 1534 » Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter and educator (b. 1489)
- 1539 » Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese admiral and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1487)
- 1599 » Guido Panciroli, Italian historian and jurist (b. 1523)
- 1611 » Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1533)
- 1622 » Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
- 1695 » Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)
- 1726 » Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)
- 1770 » Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1557
- Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- April 30 » Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
- July 6 » King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted 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 » Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.
- August 27 » The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy.