Historical Events Aug 3 Dutch States-General meet at Valenciennes Aug 10 Battle of St Quentin in Picardy: Lamoraal, Count of Egmont and Philibert, Duke of Savoy (Spanish Empire) beat the Duke of Montmorency (France) Events in 1557 Famous Birthdays Aug 16 Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (Communion of St. Jerome), born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1602) Aug 19 Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, born in Montbéliard, France (d. 1608) Born in 1557 Famous Deaths Aug 1 Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490) Jul 1557 History by Year Sep 1557 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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