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What Happened in September 1557

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Historical Events

  • Sep 11 Catholic & Lutheran theology debated in Worms

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 4 Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen of Denmark and Norway, born in Wismar, Germany (d. 1631)
  • Sep 16 Jacques Mauduit, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1627)
Born in 1557

Famous Deaths

Jacques Cartier (1491-1557)

Sep 1 French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France, dies at 65 [1]

Jacques Cartier
  • Sep 13 John Cheke, English classical scholar and statesman (b. 1514)
  • Sep 27 Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)

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