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=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 3]] &ndash; The small [[State of the Presidi|Stato dei Presidi]], a {{convert|300|km2}} section of Spanish territory on the Tuscan coast of [[Italy]], is created by a treaty between [[Cosimo I de' Medici]]  ([[Duke of the Florentine Republic]] and the future [[List of grand dukes of Tuscany|Grand Duke of Tuscany]]) and [[Philip II of Spain|King Felipe II of Spain]]. In return, Cosimo receives the rest of the former [[Republic of Siena]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mallett |first1=Michael |last2=Shaw |first2=Christine |title=The Italian Wars, 1494–1559 |publisher=Pearson Education |year=2012 |page=280 }}</ref>
* [[July 24]] &ndash; The [[Edict of Compiègne]] is issued by [[Henry II of France|King Henri II of France]], providing for the death penalty to be applied to Protestants for a variety of crimes, including a relapse after having renounced Protestantism; unauthorized travel to [[Geneva]]; publication of Protestant books; possessing graven images; and unauthorized participation in Protestant religious gatherings, whether public or private.<ref>[[Robert Jean Knecht]], ''The Rise and Fall of Renaissance France: 1483-1610'' (Blackwell, 2001) p.241</ref>
* [[July 25]] &ndash; In [[India]], [[Sikandar Shah Suri]], Sultan of the [[Sur Empire]] in Punjab, surrenders the fortress at [[Mau, Uttar Pradesh|Mau]] in the [[Nurpur kingdom]] (now in Uttar Pradesh) after a six month siege by the Mughal Empire. Mughal General [[Bairam Khan]] allows Sikandar to live in exile in [[Bihar]], while [[Bakht Mal]], Raja of Nurpur is imprisoned at [[Lahore]] and later beheaded.<ref>R. C. Majumdar, ed., ''The Mughul Empire'' (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 2007) pp.106-107</ref>
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[Battle of St. Quentin (1557)|Battle of St. Quentin]]: French forces under Marshal [[Anne de Montmorency]] are decisively defeated by the Spanish and English under [[Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy]], after a 17-day battle. Montmorency himself is captured, but Philip II refuses to press his advantage, and withdraws to the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fontane |first1=Theodor |title=Aus den Tagen der Occupation: eine Osterreise durch Nordfrankreich und Elsass-Lothringen 1871 |date=1872 |publisher=Decker |pages=31–32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfwRAAAAYAAJ&dq=Emmanuel+Philibert+Anne+de+Montmorency+St.+Quentin+%2210+august+1557%22&pg=PA31 |access-date=16 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[September 11]]&ndash; The [[Colloquy of Worms (1557)|Colloquy of Worms]] convenes in Germany as a dialog on religious issues between clerics of the German Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church.<ref name=Wormer>{{cite web |title=Wormer Religionsgespräch |url=https://www.deutsches-apotheken-museum.de/sammlung/museumsobjekte/exponate-im-fokus/wormer-religionsgespraech/ |website=apothekenmuseum |access-date=16 October 2023 |language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Müller |first1=Gerhard |author1-link= Gerhard Müller (Lutheran theologian)|publisher= [[De Gruyter]]|last2=Krause |first2=Gerhard |title=Theologische Realenzyklopädie |date=1996 |isbn=978-3-11-015155-8 |page=452 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzgYAQAAIAAJ&q=Wormser+Religionsgespr%C3%A4ch+%E2%80%9E8.+Oktober+1557%E2%80%9C |access-date=16 October 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[September 12]]&ndash; The Spanish occupation of the Papal States is confirmed as [[Pope Paul IV]] signs a separate peace treaty, the Peace of Cave-Palestrina, with Spain's [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]], who has massed troops outside of Rome in preparationfor an attack.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pattenden |first1=Miles |title=Pius IV and the Fall of The Carafa: Nepotism and Papal Authority in Counter-Reformation Rome |date=2013 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0191649615 |pages=21–22}}</ref><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>