What is 1557?
{{Year nav|1557}} {{Year in various calendars|1557}} '''1557''' ([[Roman numerals|MDLVII]]) was a [[common year starting on Friday]] in the [[Julian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]]. == Events == *Start of the [[Italian War of 1551–59]] *End of the Great Russian War 1553-1557 == Deaths == * [[September 1]] – [[Jacques Cartier]] [[Category:1557| ]]