1557

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1520s  1530s  1540s  – 1550s –  1560s  1570s  1580s
Years:	1554 1555 1556 – 1557 – 1558 1559 1560

Events

• Start of the Italian War of 1551–59
• End of the Great Russian War 1553-1557

Deaths

• September 1 – Jacques Cartier