1557

Events in 1557 3

• 1510 – 1557 Mikael Agricola Father of Finnish Literature A clergyman who translated the New Testament into Finnish, effectively creating the written Finnish language.
• 1557 – 1609 Giovanni Croce Venetian Renaissance composer Giovanni Croce was a Venetian composer and priest whose sacred music and madrigals were widely published and performed throughout Europe in the late Renaissance.
• 1557 – 1602 Thomas Morley English Renaissance composer Thomas Morley was the leading English madrigalist who published important anthologies of Italian and English music. His Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke was widely used.