Editing 1557 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Pietro Giovanni Chiavica Cibo]] becomes the new [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]] for a term of 2 years as the term of the Doge [[Agostino Pinelli Ardimenti]] comes to an end.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Levati|first=Luigi Maria|title=Dogi biennali di Genova dal 1528 al 1699|publisher=Tip. Marchese & Campora|language=it}}</ref>
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Italian War of 1551–1559]]: [[Gaspard II de Coligny]], the French governor of [[Picardy]] (in northern France), launches surprise attacks on [[Douai]] and [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]] in the [[Spanish Netherlands]] and captures both cities for France.<ref>{{cite book |last=Haan |first=Bertrand |title=Une paix pour l'éternité: La négociation du traité du Cateau-Cambrésis |date=2010 |location=Madrid |publisher=Casa de Velázquez|pages=37–60}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Sigismund II Augustus]], [[King of Poland]] and [[Grand Duke of Lithuania]], issues an edict against Protestants, at the urging of the Archbishop [[Mikołaj Dzierzgowski]], [[List of archbishops of Gniezno and primates of Poland|Primate of Poland]].
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Bayinnaung]], King of Burma and head of the [[Toungoo dynasty]], conquers two the [[Shan States]], [[Möng Mit State|Möng Mit]] and [[Hsipaw State|Hsipaw]] in what is now northern [[Myanmar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/~complit/event/hantawadi.htm|title=Accounts of King Bayinnaung's Life and Hanthawady Hsinbyu-myashin Ayedawbon, a Record of his Campaigns |author=U Thaw Kaung|publisher=[[Chulalongkorn University]]|access-date=2009-02-25}}</ref> The event is later commemorated with an inscription on the [[Shwezigon Pagoda Bell]].<ref>U Thaw Kaung, ''Aspects of Myanmar History and Culture'' (Gangaw Myaing, 2010) pp.106-110</ref>
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul IV]] creates the metropolitan archdiocese of Portuguese India (based in Goa) separating the Goan diocese from the ecclesiastical province of [[Lisbon]].
* [[February 24]] &ndash; Delegates from Sweden, Finland and Russia arrive at [[Novgorod]] to negotiate [[Treaty of Novgorod (1557)|a treaty to end]] the [[Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557)|war between the two empires]].<ref name=Heininen>{{cite book |last=Heininen |first=Simo |author2=Heikkilä, Markku |title=Kirchengeschichte Finnlands |publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht |year=2002 |page=70| isbn=3-525-55444-3 |language=German}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] &ndash; The Burmese conquest of the Shan States continues as the capital of the [[Mongkawng]] state, [[Mogaung|Mong Kawng]], falls to the [[Toungoo dynasty]] invaders, five days after the March 6 surrender of the town of [[Mohnyin|Mong Yang]]. The event is later commemorated on the Shwezigon Pagoda Bell. 
* [[March]] &ndash; The [[Takeda clan]] [[Siege of Katsurayama|besiege Katsurayama Castle]] in eastern Japan.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Turnbull |first1=Stephen R. |title=Kawanakajima 1553-64: Samurai Power Struggle |date=2005 |publisher=Praeger Publishers |isbn=978-0-275-98868-5 |pages=47–48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0s9xAAAAMAAJ&q=%22katsurayama%20castle%22 |access-date=15 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The siege ends with the [[last stand]] of the castle garrison, and the complete destruction of Katsurayama, allowing the Takeda to further expand in [[Shinano Province]].