Famous People Who Died In 1557
Discover the most famous people died who died in the year 1557. This list includes people like Anne of Cleves, Jacques Cartier, Mirabai, Pontormo, John III of Portugal and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include emperors & kings, political leaders, empresses & queens and government officials who died in 1557. This list includes people from Italy, England and many more countries.
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Birthdate: December 31, 1491
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint-Malo
Died: September 1
Born in the French fishing town of Saint-Malo, Jacques Cartier was exposed to the world of seafaring quite early in life. His exploration of St. Lawrence River and the Canadian coast led the French to colonize the area later. He is also said to have coined the name "Canada."
Birthdate: 1498 AD
Birthplace: Kudki
Died: 1557 AD
The 16th-century Hindu mystic poet, Mirabai, was a devotee of Lord Krishna. In the North Indian Hindu tradition, she is a celebrated Bhakti saint. While millions of devotional hymns in praise of Lord Krishna are attributed to Mirabai, only a few hundreds are believed to be actually composed by her. Several temples are dedicated to her memory.
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Lautaro
(Mapuche War Leader Who Led the Indigenous Chile Resistance Against the Spanish)
Birthdate: 1534 AD
Birthplace: Treguaco, Chile
Died: April 29
Lautaro was a Mapuche war leader best remembered for spearheading the indigenous resistance against the conquest of Chile by the Spanish. He led the warriors of Mapuche to a series of triumphs against the Spanish. He was killed at the Battle of Mataquito in his early 20s. Lautaro is credited with developing tactics that were used even after his death.
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Bona Sforza
(Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1518 to 1548)
Birthdate: February 2, 1494
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Vigevano, Italy
Died: November 19
An ideal elite Renaissance woman, Bona Sforza was the queen of Poland and the wife of Sigismund I the Old. She is remembered for her fiery resistance to the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I, when he suggested Bona be planted as a Habsburg spy to counter the Jagiellonian dynasty.
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Pontormo(Italian Mannerist Painter and Portraitist)
Birthdate: May 24, 1494
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Empoli, Italy
Died: January 2
Pontormo was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His style was remarkably different from what characterized the art of the Florentine Renaissance. Orphaned young, he struggled for several years before he was able to establish his painting career. He painted many altarpiece canvases and frescoes, of which only a few survive today.
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Mikael Agricola
(Finnish Lutheran Clergyman & Founder of Literary Finnish)
Birthdate: 1510 AD
Birthplace: Pernå, Finland
Died: April 9
Mikael Agricola was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman. Referred to as the father of literary Finnish, Agricola is credited with founding literary Finnish. Mikael Agricola is also credited with translating the New Testament into Finnish and producing the hymns and prayer book used regularly in Finland's new Lutheran Church.
Birthdate: January 26, 1495
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Japan
Died: September 27
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Olaus Magnus
(Swedish Writer and Archbishop of Uppsala)
Birthdate: 1490
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Skänninge, Sweden
Died: August 1
Officially the Archbishop of Uppsala, Olaus Magnus is remembered more as an established author and cartographer. Born Olof Månsson in southern Sweden, he spent the greater part of his life in exile, leaving behind several monumental works on Nordic countries including the History of the Northern People and Carta Marina, a map that is treasured even by modern oceanographers
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Giovanni Battista Ramusio
(Geographer)
Birthdate: July 20, 1485
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Treviso, Italy
Died: July 10
Birthdate: 1480 AD
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: 1557 AD
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Anne of Cleves(Former Queen Consort of England (January 1540 - July 1540))
Birthdate: September 22, 1515
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Düsseldorf, Germany
Died: July 16
Anne of Cleves was the Queen of England for 6 months in 1540, as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Their unconsummated marriage deprived led to the annulment of the marriage, following which she received a settlement and came to be known as the King's Beloved Sister.
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Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: 1499 AD
Birthplace: Brescia, Italy
Died: December 13
Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia was the first to apply math to the science of ballistics. During the French invasion of Brescia, his jaw was sliced by a sword, causing him a speech difficulty, and thus gaining him the nickname Tartaglia, or "Stammerer." His Nova Scientia remains a significant work on mechanics.
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Giovanni Francesco Straparola
(Writer)
Birthdate: 1480 AD
Birthplace: Caravaggio, Italy
Died: 1557 AD
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Albert II Alcibiades
(margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach)
Birthdate: March 28, 1522
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ansbach, Germany
Died: January 8
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Muhammad Adil Shah
(Ruler of Bijapur Who Helped the Mughals Fight the Ahmednagar Sultanate)
Birthplace: Afghan
Died: 1557 AD
The 17th-century ruler of Bijapur, Muhammad Adil Shah is known for helping the Mughals fight the Ahmednagar Sultanate. He is believed to have built the Gol Gumbaz, a structure with the second-largest tomb in the world, as a mausoleum for himself, and was buried in it.
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Archibald Douglas, 6th earl of Angus
(Nobleman)
Birthdate: 1489 AD
Birthplace: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died: January 22
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John III of Portugal
(King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1521 until his death in 1557)
Birthdate: June 7, 1502
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lisbon, Portugal
Died: June 11
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Sebastian Cabot
(Former Explorer)
Birthdate: 1474 AD
Birthplace: Venice, Italy
Died: 1557 AD
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John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos
(Courtier)
Birthdate: March 9, 1492
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: England
Died: April 12
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Adil Shah Suri
(Was the seventh and final ruler of the Sur dynasty)
Birthplace: India
Died: March 31
Birthdate: June 16, 1514
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: September 13